{
    "term": "viable",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "that can be done; that will be successful",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **viable option/proposition**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no **viable alternative**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be **commercially/politically/financially/economically viable**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If there was any delay then the rescue plan would cease to be viable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is only their investment that makes the project economically viable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "None of the projects proved financially viable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a perfectly viable form of political organization"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm afraid that is just not a viable option."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Once the company is commercially viable, we should be able to invest more."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "feasible",
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "truly", "perfectly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "capable of developing and surviving independently",
            "labels": "(biology)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "viable organisms"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪəbl/",
                "audio": "vi/viable/viable__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪəbl/",
                "audio": "vi/viable/viable__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from French, from vie ‘life’, from Latin vita."
}