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playable

[pley-uh-buhl]

adjective

  1. capable of or suitable for being played.

  2. easy or pleasurable to play.

  3. (of ground) fit to be played on, as for a soccer game.



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Other Word Forms

  • playability noun
  • unplayable adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of playable1

First recorded in 1475–85; play + -able
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Example Sentences

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There’s silliness — one production involved a cryogenically frozen Swedish rapper — and the overall tone is one of joviality, the belief that art in the early 21st century should be increasingly interactive and playable.

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Guerra, who reached a ranking of No. 13 in the U.S. in 2023, started the day’s clinic by explaining the difference between padel and tennis — the obvious one being the playable walls surrounding the court.

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There was a pitch inspection before kick-off by the refereeing team and it was deemed playable, however, once the game started it began to cut up badly.

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Set in 16th Century Japan, Assassin's Creed Shadows features two playable protagonists.

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That's something the game's developers have to account for, and something that Tom in particular, as the main playable character, needs to act out over and over again with subtle differences each time.

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