USEABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does useable mean? 

• USEABLE (adjective)
  The adjective USEABLE has 3 senses:

1. fit or ready for use or service

2. capable of being put to use

3. convenient for use or disposal

  Familiarity information: USEABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• USEABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fit or ready for use or service

Synonyms:

functional; operable; operational; usable; useable

Context example:

the dishwasher is now in working order

Similar:

serviceable (ready for service or able to give long service)

Derivation:

use (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

useableness (the quality of being able to provide good service)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Capable of being put to use

Synonyms:

usable; useable

Context example:

usable byproducts

Similar:

useful; utile (being of use or service)

Derivation:

use (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

useableness (the quality of being able to provide good service)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Convenient for use or disposal

Synonyms:

available; usable; useable

Context example:

2000 square feet of usable office space

Similar:

disposable (free or available for use or disposition)

Derivation:

use (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

 Context examples 

After it is activated, the product is considered useable during the stability period.

(Medical Product Stability Date, NCI Thesaurus)

To come to a close or end of useable period; termination.

(Expiration, NCI Thesaurus)

It might be weeks, it might be only a few days, before the horse were useable; but no preparations could be ventured on, and it was all melancholy stagnation.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)