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    viability
    /ˌvʌɪəˈbɪlɪti/

    noun

    • 1. ability to work successfully: "an interest in the long-term viability of British companies"

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  2. ability to work as intended or to succeed: Rising costs are threatening the viability of many businesses. biology specialized. ability to continue to exist or develop as a living being: As the world population of Hawaiian geese has shrunk to very small numbers, the bird's continuing viability is in doubt.

  3. The meaning of VIABILITY is the quality or state of being viable. How to use viability in a sentence.

  4. VIABILITY meaning: 1. ability to work as intended or to succeed: 2. ability to continue to exist or develop as a…. Learn more.

  5. noun. ability to live, especially under certain conditions: The viability of a fetus outside the womb has increased dramatically with the advent of new technologies and procedures. the capacity to operate or be sustained: The viability of the company was guaranteed by the success of its new product.

  6. able to exist, perform as intended, or succeed: The company had to seek other ways to remain viable. He would be a viable candidate for any office he wanted to run for. viability. noun [ U ] us / ˌvɑɪ·əˈbɪl·ɪ·t̬i / She’s going to have to cut costs to maintain the viability of her business.

  7. Definition of viability noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. The noun viability means the quality of being able to happen or having a reasonable chance of success. The viability of holding your party at a restaurant might depend on how many guests they can seat.

  9. adj. 1. Capable of success or continuing effectiveness; practicable: a viable plan; a viable national economy. See Synonyms at possible. 2. a. Capable of living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions: viable spores. b. Capable of living outside the uterus. Used of a fetus or newborn.

  10. a. : capable of living. a viable skin graft. viable offspring. b. of a fetus : having attained such form and development of organs as to be normally capable of surviving outside the uterus. a 26-week old viable fetus. c. : capable of growing or developing.

  11. Viability definition: The property of being viable ; the ability to live or to succeed. .