Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Capable of being accomplished or brought about; possible: synonym: possible.
  • adjective Capable of being used or dealt with successfully.
  • adjective Logical; likely.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being done, performed, or effected; that may be accomplished or carried out; practically possible: as, the project is attractive, but not feasible.
  • noun That which is practicable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable.
  • adjective rare Fit to be used or tilled, as land.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective That can be done in practice.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English fesable, from Old French faisable, from faire, fais-, to do, from Latin facere; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Old French faisable.

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  • Feasible-capable of being done (Websters Dictionary)

    September 27, 2010