HOW TO PRONOUNCE
viable
/ˈvaɪəbəl/
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Start with a strong “vie,” like the vowel in “my.”
Follow the stressed long i with a separate light uh, then move through b into another light vowel before l.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The proposal offers a viable option.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does viable mean?
adjective
- Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
- Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible.
- Capable of working successfully
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Able to live and develop.
noun
- An organism that is able to live and develop.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvaɪəbəl/
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The Parties recognize the importance of having viable and internationally competitive energy and petrochemical sectors to further their individual national interests.
One serious liability from cutting grass hay late is that it will contain viable seeds.
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Some 30 other political parties now exist in Angola, but few of them are viable and only a couple have met the requirements to become legally recognized.
PREMATURE DELIVERY.--In the introduction to this chapter we noted that the infant becomes viable after the twenty-eighth week, which marks in a practical sense, the transition of the fetus from an immature to a premature stage of development.
Under the Roman law the Decenviri established that a woman may bear a viable child at the tenth month of pregnancy.