Is "implementable" a word?

[WobbleWobble]

I'm debating with my girlfriend whether or not "implementable" is a word.

Dictionary.com says it is. Microsoft Word 2003 doesn't recognize it. A few other dictionaries don't seem to have it.

Since everyone on ATOT is so smart, what are your thoughts?

 

[Kelemvor]

Nice poll... (Nevermind, I see you fixed it)

I'd say Sure, why not. Able to be Implemented. ALthough it's not something I'd expect to find in a dictionary.

 

[FoBoT]

"We require policy to be implementable in the sense that it guarantees uniqueness of equilibrium."

 

[allisolm]

It's in my Webster's Unabridged.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
"We require policy to be implementable in the sense that it guarantees uniqueness of equilibrium."

What the fvck? How can equilibrium be unique?

 

[sash1]

never heard it used, but yes it's a word

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: FoBoT
"We require policy to be implementable in the sense that it guarantees uniqueness of equilibrium."

What the fvck? How can equilibrium be unique?

http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/10253.html

if Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé used the word, that is good enough for me

 

[Perknose]

It's a word, that is to say, it's an admissable back formation of an English word. That doesn't mean it isn't clunky and inelegant and shouldn't be avoided like the black death.

And . . . you are right to have cast a suspicious eye on Dictionary.com. It is, imho, the lowest common denominator of dictionaries. They have never seen a word or a secondary or tertiary definition or an alternate pronunciation that they didn't like.

Dictionary.com is teh suck.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: FoBoT
"We require policy to be implementable in the sense that it guarantees uniqueness of equilibrium."

What the fvck? How can equilibrium be unique?

Any moment may be your next.

 

[SophalotJack]

"feasible implemenation" (or feasibly implemented, etc.) is a way of saying it without sounding like our president.

 

[LS20]

i live by oxford

 

[Eeezee]

You actually believed Word? Word has a tiny dictionary and you really shouldn't ever trust it unless you've added a lot of your own words

Implementable is definitely a word.

You were right to question dictionary.com, the best dictionary is one that you hold in your hand (with pages)

 

[Thraxen]

Originally posted by: Perknose
It's a word, that is to say, it's an admissable back formation of an English word. That doesn't mean it isn't clunky and inelegant and shouldn't be avoided like the black death.

And . . . you are right to have cast a suspicious eye on Dictionary.com. It is, imho, the lowest common denominator of dictionaries. They have never seen a word or a secondary or tertiary definition or an alternate pronunciation that they didn't like.

Dictionary.com is teh suck.

You mean it's complete?

 

[WobbleWobble]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
You actually believed Word? Word has a tiny dictionary and you really shouldn't ever trust it unless you've added a lot of your own words

Implementable is definitely a word.

You were right to question dictionary.com, the best dictionary is one that you hold in your hand (with pages)

Ha, no I don't believe everything in Word.

I only had access to one printed dictionary at the time, but that also did not contain the word.

I've asked a few people I know. It seems like people who come from a more technical background say it is a word while people who have a different type of background say it isn't.

 

[Alex]

it is, indoubtedly!

 

[dxkj]

implementatable?

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Originally posted by: Perknose
It's a word, that is to say, it's an admissable back formation of an English word. That doesn't mean it isn't clunky and inelegant and shouldn't be avoided like the black death.

And . . . you are right to have cast a suspicious eye on Dictionary.com. It is, imho, the lowest common denominator of dictionaries. They have never seen a word or a secondary or tertiary definition or an alternate pronunciation that they didn't like.

Dictionary.com is teh suck.

You mean it's complete?

Complete like a crack whore. It'll open it's pages for anything. This does not make it a good usage guide, much as a crack whore's willingness to suck you off does not make her your best next choice for sexual release.

Of course, opinions vary. You may prefer the non-discriminatory ease of dictionary.com and crack whore sex. Just don't get any on me, k?