authorable

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adjective

Capable of being authored.

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Meanings

adjectiveauthorable (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingCapable of being authored.

    WinHelp enables you to add authorable buttons to a Help file. Authorable buttons run macros, so you can use one to do anything a macro can.

    1998, Dwayne Gifford, Access 97 Unleashed, page 585
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    One of the goals of the project was to design a computerized tutor with a completely authorable interface such that an instructor could change or add lessons without having to learn or know any programming[…]

    1993, Dallin Oaks, Andrew Bay, Proceedings of the Deseret Language and Linguistics Society 1993, page 32

Origin

From author + -able.

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APA

authorable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authorable

MLA

“authorable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authorable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “authorable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authorable.

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