Verifiable Meaning
/vɛɹ.ɪˈfaɪ.ə.bəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAble to be verified or confirmed.
adjAble to be qualified by a Boolean expression.
Sentence Examples
No sensible person can deny the verifiable mutual intelligibility of Northern Berber dialects?
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The data from the study were ____ by other researchers in different labs.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientific theory must be based on ____ facts that can be tested and confirmed by several other researchers today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English verify Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English verifiable From verify + -able.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Sometimes these sagas and anecdotes are touched with ribaldry, or with excessive obscenity, according to the times, and sometimes they are rooted in obscure but still verifiable deistic concepts."
— 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 88:
"But the post-truthism that the new autocrats are so apt at employing goes far beyond fibbing: it denies the existence of a verifiable reality. Post-truthism is not chiefly about getting lies accepted as truths but about muddying the waters to the point that it becomes difficult to discern the difference between truth and falsehood."
— 2022 February 22, Moisés Naím, “The Dictator's New Playbook”, in Foreign Affairs:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The data from the study were ____ by other researchers in different labs.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientific theory must be based on ____ facts that can be tested and confirmed by several other researchers today.