adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being executed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
executable
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- The program as written by the programmer is generally processed into an executable that can be run.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: feasible, practicable, viable, workable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English execute Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English executable From execute + -able.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изпълним (izpǎlnim) — capable of being executed
- Catalan: executable — capable of being executed
- Dutch: uitvoerbaar — capable of being executed
- Finnish: toteuttamiskelpoinen — capable of being executed
- Finnish: toimeenpanokelpoinen — capable of being executed
- Finnish: käyttökelpoinen — capable of being executed
- French: exécutable — capable of being executed
- German: ausführbar — capable of being executed
- Hungarian: végrehajtható — capable of being executed
- Hungarian: futtatható — capable of being executed
- Italian: eseguibile — capable of being executed
- Polish: wykonywalny — capable of being executed
- Portuguese: executável — capable of being executed
- Portuguese: exequível — capable of being executed
- Romanian: executabil — capable of being executed
- Russian: исполни́мый (ispolnímyj) — capable of being executed
- Russian: исполня́емый (ispolnjájemyj) — capable of being executed
- Spanish: ejecutable — capable of being executed
- Swedish: körbar — capable of being executed
- Swedish: exekverbar — capable of being executed
- Bulgarian: изпълним файл (izpǎlnim fajl) — file that can be run
- Chinese Mandarin: 執行檔 /执行档 (zhíxíngdàng) — file that can be run
- Dutch: uitvoerbaar bestand — file that can be run
- Esperanto: plenumebla dosiero — file that can be run
- Finnish: suoritettava tiedosto — file that can be run
- Finnish: ajotiedosto — file that can be run
- Finnish: exe-tiedosto — file that can be run
- French: fichier exécutable — file that can be run
- German: ausführbare Datei — file that can be run
- Hebrew: קובץ הרצה — file that can be run
- Japanese: 実行ファイル (jikkō fairu) — file that can be run
- Polish: plik wykonywalny — file that can be run
- Portuguese: executável — file that can be run
- Russian: исполни́мый файл (ispolnímyj fajl) — file that can be run
- Russian: исполня́емый файл (ispolnjájemyj fajl) — file that can be run
- Russian: исполни́мый мо́дуль (ispolnímyj módulʹ) — file that can be run
- Russian: исполня́емый мо́дуль (ispolnjájemyj módulʹ) — file that can be run
Real reading context