Useable

  

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Useable

Definition: Useable

Useable

Adjective

1. Fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order".

2. Able to be put to use; "usable byproducts".

3. Convenient for use or disposal; "the house is available after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "useable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

 

Synonyms: Useable

Synonyms: available (adj), functional (adj), in working order(p) (adj), operable (adj), operational (adj), usable (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Useable

Specialty definitions using "useable": amateur packet radioManagement Information SystemPhotovoltaic and solar thermal energy, PLUSSSTIRLING ENGINE. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Useable

DomainTitle

Books

  • Decmate and Wps Plus the Useable Portable Guide (reference)

  • Display Write Four: The Useable Portable Guide (reference)

  • Lotus 1 2 3 the Useable Portable Guide (reference)

  • Multimate Advantage II: The Useable Portable Guide (reference)

  • The Useable Portable Guide Microsoft Windows 3, Wordperfect for Windows, and Excel: Microsoft Windows 3.0 & 3.1, Word for Windows & Excel (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Useable

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Erecting EPI (Electronic Position Indicator) antenna EPI was a medium frequency system that was useable out to 200 miles Invented within the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Victory food from American waters. Striking good fishing grounds, fishermen load their boat with rosefish. Only a thin slice from each side of the rosefish is useable as food. Fish meal and fish oil are made from the remaining parts. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Useable
 

"Books and Stuff 4" by Bobbie Osborne
Commentary: "I would think this would be useable for school or teacher website or project. 2003-11-25."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Useable

SubjectTopicQuote

Political Economy

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Korea's useable foreign currency reserves grew to over $100 billion by September 2001, which significantly reduced Korea's vulnerability to a repeat of the 1997-98 financial crisis, when Korea nearly exhausted its foreign exchange reserves. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Useable

"Useable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Useable" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%1980,337

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Useable

Expression using "useable": classical maximum useable frequency. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "useable": re-useable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Useable

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

useable information technology

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Useable

Language Translations for "useable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

能用 (usable). (various references)

   

Danish

  

klassisk højeste brugbare frekvens (classical maximum useable frequency, classical MUF, junction frequency, the frequency at which the high-and low-angle rays merge into a single ray), brugbart skærmområde (useable screen area). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

nuttig schermoppervlak (useable screen area), junctiefrequentie (classical maximum usable frequency, classical maximum useable frequency, classical MUF, junction frequency, the frequency at which the high-and low-angle rays merge into a single ray), bruikbaar schermoppervlak (useable screen area). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

klassinen suurin käyttökelpoinen taajuus (classical maximum useable frequency, classical MUF, junction frequency, the frequency at which the high-and low-angle rays merge into a single ray), klassinen MUF (classical maximum useable frequency, classical MUF, junction frequency, the frequency at which the high-and low-angle rays merge into a single ray), käyttökelpoinen kuva-alue (useable screen area). (various references)

   

French

  

zone d'affichage (useable screen area), MUF classique (classical maximum usable frequency, classical maximum useable frequency), largeur utile du produit (useable width of the product), JF (classical maximum usable frequency, classical maximum useable frequency), fréquence de jonction (classical maximum usable frequency, classical maximum useable frequency). (various references)

   

German

  

gebräuchlich (common, conventional, current, customary, standard, usual). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

JF (classical maximum useable frequency, classical MUF, junction frequency), κλασική MUF (classical maximum useable frequency, classical MUF, junction frequency, the frequency at which the high-and low-angle rays merge into a single ray), κλασική μέγιστη χρησιμοποιήσιμη συχνότητα (classical maximum useable frequency, classical MUF, junction frequency, the frequency at which the high-and low-angle rays merge into a single ray), ωφέλιμη περιοχή οθόνης (useable screen area). (various references)

   

Italian

  

area utile dello schermo (useable screen area). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

쓸모 있는 (instrumental, usable). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eableusay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

máxima frequência utilizável (classical maximum useable frequency, classical MUF, junction frequency, the frequency at which the high-and low-angle rays merge into a single ray), área do écran utilizável (useable screen area). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

пригодный (available, equal, serviceable, suitable, usable, useful). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

zona utilizable de pantalla (useable screen area), MUF clásica (classical maximum usable frequency, classical maximum useable frequency, classical MUF, junction frequency, the frequency at which the high-and low-angle rays merge into a single ray). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

användbart. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kullanılabilir (employable, usable, utilizable), kullanılır (consumable, usable). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Useable

Misspellings

"Useable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eusebe, fuseable, Husebye, museale, Nuseibeh, Ousedale, sueable, useabl. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Useable

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-l-s-u"

-1 letter: abeles, suable, usable.

-2 letters: abele, ables, abuse, bales, beaus, blase, blues, easel, lease, lubes, sable.

-3 letters: able, albs, alee, ales, bale, bals, base, beau, bees, bels, blae, blue, ease, eels, else, labs, lase, leas, lees, lube, lues, sabe, sale, saul, seal, seel, slab, slub, slue, suba.

-4 letters: abs, alb, ale, als, bal, bas, bee.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-l-s-u"
 

+1 letter: reusable, sublease.

 

+2 letters: blueheads, bluejeans, educables, excusable, guessable, rescuable, subleased, subleases, superable.

 

+3 letters: beleaguers, bluebeards, censurable, lebensraum, measurable, mensurable, presumable, squeezable, sufferable, unfeasible, unsellable, untestable, usableness.

 

+4 letters: balefulness, barrelhouse, beauteously, bequeathals, blanquettes, bluegrasses, bluejackets, bubbleheads, buffleheads, curableness, doublespeak, durableness, elucubrates, equableness, executables, exhaustible, inexcusable, insuperable, irrecusable, lebensraums, nonreusable, persuadable, persuasible, pleasurable, returnables, subliterate, treasurable, tunableness, unassembled, undesirable, unescapable, unguessable, unspeakable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Images: Digital Art
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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