viable

réalisable, faisable

Qu’on peut réaliser ou utiliser dans une situation concrète.

En anglais simple : Possible to do or use in a real situation.

• This is a viable option.
• We found no viable alternative to closing the office.
• Is your plan viable with such a small budget?

Synonymes : feasible, practicable, workable

Contraires : impossible

Expressions courantes : viable option, viable alternative, viable solution, viable plan

viable

Capable de bien fonctionner et de réussir durablement.

En anglais simple : Able to work well and continue successfully.

• The business is still viable.
• Higher sales made the project financially viable.
• They need a viable peace agreement that both sides will respect.

Synonymes : workable, sustainable

Expressions courantes : commercially viable, viable business, economically viable

viable

Capable de rester en vie et de se développer.

En anglais simple : Able to stay alive and develop.

• These seeds are still viable.
• The laboratory tested whether the cells were viable.
• Doctors said the fetus was viable at that stage.

Synonymes : living

Contraires : nonviable

Expressions courantes : viable seeds, viable embryo, viable cells