deliverable

English

Etymology

From deliver +‎ -able.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈlɪvɹəbəɫ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

deliverable (comparative more deliverable, superlative most deliverable)

  1. Able to be delivered.
    The packages were not deliverable because the roads had flooded out.
    • 2002 August 27, “Eyes on Iraq: In Cheney’s Words: The Administration Case for Removing Saddam Hussein”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
      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.
    • 2021 May 5, Philip Haigh, “I think we need better than this from the rail industry”, in RAIL, number 930, page 50:
      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.

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Noun

deliverable (plural deliverables)

  1. (business, management) 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.

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References

  1. ^ deliverable, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.