enforceable.

Capable of being compelled or given effect through the relevant authority or mechanism.

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Words that belong together

• enforceable agreement
• enforceable requirement

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The agreement was enforceable only if the stated legal conditions were satisfied.

An enforceable requirement remained unmet because the available procedure had not yet been used.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable for a specified formal status; compare degree only where the context genuinely concerns a gradable capacity or characteristic. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: status distinction, institutional analysis, scope qualification, rights analysis. Disciplines: formal writing, institutional procedures, legal-administrative language. Commonness: moderately common.