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Is 'viewability' an English word?
I can't seem to find it in online dictionaries.
OTOH, 'viewable' is there.
Thanks,
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[/nq] Yes; it's a standard type of formation. [nq:1]I can't seem to find it in online dictionaries. [/nq] One often finds that dictionaries don't record all possible combinations of standard words.

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  • [/nq] Yes; it's a standard type of formation.
  • [nq:1]I can't seem to find it in online dictionaries.
  • [/nq] One often finds that dictionaries don't record all possible combinations of standard words.
  • They will, however, define the elements of the compound word (in this case, "view + ability").
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[nq:1]Is 'viewability' an English word?[/nq]
Yes; it's a standard type of formation.
[nq:1]I can't seem to find it in online dictionaries. OTOH, 'viewable' is there.[/nq]
One often finds that dictionaries don't record all possible combinations of standard words. They will, however, define the elements of the compound word (in this case, "view + ability").

Cheers, Harvey
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[nq:1]Is 'viewability' an English word? I can't seem to find it in online dictionaries.[/nq]
It's in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (no need for the big guns): (SOED5)
? viewability /noun/ ability to be viewed M20.
Oh, heck, here's what the big gun has (see after the citations for sense
2 of "viewable", note the "viewability" citations start in 1958):

(OED2)
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