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deliverable

adj
/dɪˈlɪvɹəbəɫ/UK

Etymology

From deliver + -able.

  1. derived from dē
  2. derived from delivrer
  3. inherited from deliveren
  4. suffixed as deliverable — “deliver + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be delivered.

    • The packages were not deliverable because the roads had flooded out.
    • Deliverable weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a terror network or a murderous dictator or the two working together constitutes as grave a threat as can be imagined.
    • In any of our worlds, if we went out to consult on options that weren't deliverable, we would rightly be heavily criticised for wasting people's time.

  2. The tangible end product

    The tangible end product; that which will be delivered.

    • Due to inclement weather, we will be unable to provide our deliverables.
    • We packaged the deliverable, a program called FLOOD.EXE, in an installer file.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deliverable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA