Usually means: Capable of being put into use.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word operable:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. operable: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. operable: Merriam-Webster
  3. operable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. operable: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. operable: Collins English Dictionary
  6. operable: Vocabulary.com
  7. Operable, operable: Wordnik
  8. operable: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. operable: Wiktionary
  10. operable: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. operable: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. operable: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. operable: Dictionary.com
  14. operable: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Operable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. operable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. operable: Rhymezone
  18. Operable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. operable: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. operable: FreeDictionary.org
  21. operable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. operable: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. operable: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. operable: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. operable: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  5. operable: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Operable: NRC Glossary of Nuclear Terms --

(Note: See operability as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Able to be operated or used.
adjective:  Able to be put into operation; practicable.
adjective:  Able to be treated by surgery.

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