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# usable

«usable» in Mova's school dictionary: **able to be used, or in a good enough state to be used** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (usable; also spelled useable)

### meaning for a pupil

Usable means able to be used, or in a good enough state to be used. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used about tools, rooms, space, objects and data: «still usable», «usable space», «usable water». In maths problems it tells you how much can actually be used.

### examples

- The old bike is rusty but still usable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usable/#x1)
- Only half of the paper was usable after the spill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usable/#x2)
- We cleared the shed to make it usable again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usable/#x3)
- The garden has 20 square metres of usable space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usable/#x4)
- Is this pencil usable, or is it too short? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usable/#x5)
- After the storm, the road was not usable for cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usable/#x6)

### note

«Usable» is the usual spelling; «useable» is also seen. Not the same as «useful»: something can be usable but not useful for your task. In maths, «usable» parts are often total minus broken parts: 30 tiles, 4 cracked, 26 usable.

### In the corpora

- [It is a great story, but DNA breaks down over time, and after 66 million years no usable dinosaur DNA is left.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «usable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.