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viability

/ˌvaɪəˈbɪlɪti/

B2CEFR level
30/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

The stage at which a foetus is developed enough to be capable of surviving outside the womb.

The parents were counselled sensitively about viability given the very early gestation.

Topic: Midwifery & obstetrics in Medical English

Business noun

The capacity to work successfully or be practically achievable.

A feasibility study was commissioned to test the viability of entering the Southeast Asian market.

Similar: feasibility, workability

Topic: Consulting in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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