determine the feasibility

Meaning

This phrase means to assess or evaluate whether a project, plan, or idea is practically and financially doable. It is highly formal and commonly used in business proposals, project planning, and executive meetings before investing resources.

Examples

• Before we allocate any budget, we need to determine the feasibility of expanding into the European market.

  Before we allocate any budget, we need to determine the feasibility of expanding into the European market.

• The engineering team is conducting a study to determine the feasibility of the proposed design changes.

  The engineering team is conducting a study to determine the feasibility of the proposed design changes.

• We must determine the feasibility of this merger before presenting it to the board of directors.

  We must determine the feasibility of this merger before presenting it to the board of directors.

• It is crucial to determine the feasibility of the project from both a technical and financial perspective.

  It is crucial to determine the feasibility of the project from both a technical and financial perspective.

• Our primary goal this week is to determine the feasibility of migrating our database to the cloud.

  Our primary goal this week is to determine the feasibility of migrating our database to the cloud.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We need to determine the feasibility about this project.

  ✓ We need to determine the feasibility of this project.

  The noun 'feasibility' is followed by the preposition 'of', not 'about' or 'for', when indicating the subject being evaluated.

• ✗ Let's determine the feasible of the plan.

  ✓ Let's determine the feasibility of the plan.

  'Feasibility' is the noun form. 'Feasible' is an adjective and cannot be used as the direct object of 'determine' in this structure.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The board requested a market analysis to ___ of the new product line.

  💡 evaluate if it is doable

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  determine the feasibility

• Before signing the contract, we must ___ of the proposed timeline.

  💡 check if the schedule is realistic

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  determine the feasibility