executable.

1. Capable of being executed or carried out.

2. A program file in a form that can be run by the relevant system.

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Words that belong together

• executable instruction
• executable plan

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The instruction was executable under the specified system.

The plan was executable only after the missing authorization was supplied.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Adjective normally categorical; noun singular executable, plural executables. 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: formal properties, scope and scale, organizational relations, analytic representation. Disciplines: academic writing, formal methods, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: moderately common.