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verifiable

ver·i·fy
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ver-uh-fahy]
    • /ˈvɛr əˌfaɪ/
    • /ˈver.ɪ.faɪ.ə.bl̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ver-uh-fahy]
    • /ˈvɛr əˌfaɪ/

Definitions of verifiable word

  • verb with object verifiable to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction. 1
  • verb with object verifiable to ascertain the truth or correctness of, as by examination, research, or comparison: to verify a spelling. 1
  • verb with object verifiable to act as ultimate proof or evidence of; serve to confirm. 1
  • verb with object verifiable Law. to prove or confirm (an allegation). to state to be true, especially in legal use, formally or upon oath. 1
  • adjective verifiable that can be checked and confirmed 1
  • adjective verifiable Something that is verifiable can be proved to be true or genuine. 0
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Origin of verifiable

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English verifien < Middle French verifier < Medieval Latin vērificāre, equivalent to vēri-, combining form of vērus true + -ficāre -fy

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Parts of speech for Verifiable

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Verifiable

verifiable popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

verifiable usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for verifiable

adj verifiable

  • archival — Archival means belonging or relating to archives.
  • ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • ascribable — to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
  • attributable — If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person.
  • deductible — If a payment or expense is deductible, it can be deducted from another sum such as your income, for example, when calculating how much income tax you have to pay.

adjective verifiable

  • attestable — Able to be attested.
  • confirmable — Capable of being checked, verifiable.
  • establishable — Able to be established.
  • evincible — Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable.
  • factual — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
All 20 Synonyms of verifiable

Top questions with verifiable

  • what does verifiable mean?
  • what do scientists mean by verifiable observations?

Related words

  • empirical

    Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

  • logical positivism

    a philosophical movement that stresses the function of philosophy as a method of criticizing and analyzing science and that rejects all transcendental metaphysics, statements of fact being held to be meaningful only if they have verifiable consequences in experience and in statements of logic, mathematics, or philosophy itself, and with such statements of fact deriving their validity from the rules of language.

  • pseudosentence

    a sentence rejected as meaningless because it does not express anything verifiable in experience.

  • verifiability principle

    the doctrine that if a nonanalytic statement is to be cognitively meaningful it must be empirically verifiable.
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