viable
possible to make happen
TRANSLATION
viable = machbar, realisierbar, durchführbar viable (biol.) = lebensfähig, entwicklungsfähig --- GOOGLE INDEX viable: approximately 29,000,000 Google hits
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Can bio fuels provide a VIABLE alternative energy source?
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Greece Needs Changes for VIABLE Economy, Prime Minister Says
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Greece Needs Changes for VIABLE Economy, Prime Minister Says
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viable
adjective
- able to work as intended or able to succeed
- able to continue to exist as or develop into a living being
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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In 1977, the CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation said, "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Fortunately, others had a vision of the personal computer as a viable concept. But the path to reality was not always easy.
After building the first Apple computer in a garage with his friend Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs recalls that they went to Atari Computer to pitch their idea. "We told the people at Atari that we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts. What do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you." And they said, "No thanks."
"So then we went to Hewlett-Packard. They told us they didn't want us because we hadn't gone through college yet."
Etymology: Viable is from the French "viable," capable of life, and from the Latin "vita," or life. It was originally used in the sense of infants during times when the life expectancy of newborns was low.
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SYNONYMS
feasible, workable, possible, practicable, doable, realistic
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"Web advertising is now a viable alternative to print media."
adjective
- able to work as intended or able to succeed
- able to continue to exist as or develop into a living being
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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In 1977, the CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation said, "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Fortunately, others had a vision of the personal computer as a viable concept. But the path to reality was not always easy.
After building the first Apple computer in a garage with his friend Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs recalls that they went to Atari Computer to pitch their idea. "We told the people at Atari that we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts. What do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you." And they said, "No thanks."
"So then we went to Hewlett-Packard. They told us they didn't want us because we hadn't gone through college yet."
Etymology: Viable is from the French "viable," capable of life, and from the Latin "vita," or life. It was originally used in the sense of infants during times when the life expectancy of newborns was low.
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SYNONYMS
feasible, workable, possible, practicable, doable, realistic
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Web advertising is now a viable alternative to print media."
