manageable
English
WOTD – 23 October 2019
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmænɪd͡ʒəbl̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmænəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: man‧age‧a‧ble
Adjective
manageable (comparative more manageable, superlative most manageable)
- Capable of being managed or controlled.
- Synonyms: controllable, governable, (obsolete) maniable, tractable, subservient
- Synonyms: intractable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable
- 2011, Terry Marsh, Geocaching in the UK, page 113:
- Like any outdoor activity, geocaching involves some inherent risk, and many geocachers enjoy manageable risks.
- Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.
- Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, feasible, fulfillable
- Antonyms: unaccomplishable, unachievable, undoable, unfeasible, unfulfillable, unmanageable
- 2023 November 25, Alexandra Goss, “Downsizers' dilemma”, in FT Weekend, House & Home, page 1:
- While some of these moves will be prompted by, for instance, releasing equity to help children get on the property ladder, David Fell, Hamptons' senior analyst, says many will probably be downsizing to reduce mortgage payments to a more manageable level.
Derived terms
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Translations
capable of being managed
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References
- ^ “manageable, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2000; “manageable, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “manageable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “manageable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.