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EXECUTABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does executable mean?
• EXECUTABLE (adjective)
The adjective EXECUTABLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
Familiarity information: EXECUTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
Synonyms:
executable; feasible; practicable; viable; workable
Similar:
possible (capable of happening or existing)
Derivation:
executability (capability of being executed)
Context examples
An automated procedure that uses a specialized set of concept descriptors for conversion of the target concept descriptors into executable elements of other code systems with the equivalent semantics.
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