performableadj.

Brit.

/pəˈfɔːməbl/, U.S.

/pərˈfɔrməb(ə)l/

Forms: see perform v. and -able suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perform v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < perform v. + -able suffix.

1. Capable of being performed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible

openOE

possiblec1384

doablec1443

feasiblec1460

agible?a1475

performable1548

parable1563

practiceable1570

compassable1581

factible1585

effectuable1590

practicable1593

exploitable1611

achievable1634

effectible1646

operable1646

accomplishable1657

perpetrable1680

workable1756

executable1796

expeditable1820

workable1822

powerable1860

runnable1860

manageable1866

actable1876

viable1955

1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Div An issue no lesse perfourmable then resonable.

1650 J. Dury Jvst Re-proposals 28 Nothing is farther required of them then what they proclaime themselves to be a performable duty.

a1704 J. Locke Disc. Miracles in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 230 Operations performable only by divine Power.

1793 Geogr. made Easy for Children i. v. 29 These are some of the chief problems performable by the terrestrial globe.

1825 Times 1 July 4/1 (advt.) The process of brewing..is not a mere mechanical operation, performable by any menial and illiterate persons.

1897 Aeronaut. Ann. 3 47 The feat should be performable by man.

1903 Hibbert Jrnl. Mar. 599 A rite not performable without the bishop.

1991 Music & Lett. 72 62 This is essentially a communal dance, performable by many more people than are shown in Lorenzetti's picture.

†2. Of a thing: (to be) performed or done. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > [adjective] > to be performed or done

performable1577

prestable1622

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 35 Suche thinges as they should commaunde to be perfourmable.

1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. iii. 62 The remembering of it they hold to be an act of Religion, performable by all Man-kinde.

1773 J. Pechell Hist. Univ. Oxf. to Demise Queen Elizabeth 134 A statute was made for an anniversary commemoration..performable on the morrow of St. Martin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	performable
释义	performableadj. Brit. /pəˈfɔːməbl/, U.S. /pərˈfɔrməb(ə)l/ Forms: see perform v. and -able suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perform v., -able suffix. Etymology: < perform v. + -able suffix. 1. Capable of being performed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible openOE possiblec1384 doablec1443 feasiblec1460 agible?a1475 performable1548 parable1563 practiceable1570 compassable1581 factible1585 effectuable1590 practicable1593 exploitable1611 achievable1634 effectible1646 operable1646 accomplishable1657 perpetrable1680 workable1756 executable1796 expeditable1820 workable1822 powerable1860 runnable1860 manageable1866 actable1876 viable1955 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Div An issue no lesse perfourmable then resonable. 1650 J. Dury Jvst Re-proposals 28 Nothing is farther required of them then what they proclaime themselves to be a performable duty. a1704 J. Locke Disc. Miracles in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 230 Operations performable only by divine Power. 1793 Geogr. made Easy for Children i. v. 29 These are some of the chief problems performable by the terrestrial globe. 1825 Times 1 July 4/1 (advt.) The process of brewing..is not a mere mechanical operation, performable by any menial and illiterate persons. 1897 Aeronaut. Ann. 3 47 The feat should be performable by man. 1903 Hibbert Jrnl. Mar. 599 A rite not performable without the bishop. 1991 Music & Lett. 72 62 This is essentially a communal dance, performable by many more people than are shown in Lorenzetti's picture. †2. Of a thing: (to be) performed or done. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > [adjective] > to be performed or done performable1577 prestable1622 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 35 Suche thinges as they should commaunde to be perfourmable. 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. iii. 62 The remembering of it they hold to be an act of Religion, performable by all Man-kinde. 1773 J. Pechell Hist. Univ. Oxf. to Demise Queen Elizabeth 134 A statute was made for an anniversary commemoration..performable on the morrow of St. Martin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1548
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