Meaning & use
verifiable
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Meaning
adjectivecomparable
Able to be checked and shown to be true or accurate.
Grammar: Usually before a noun or after be: verifiable data, the claim is verifiable.
Patterns
- verifiable by someone
- verifiable through something
Every statistic in the report must be verifiable.
The reporter only used facts that were verifiable through public records.
Her story was not verifiable, because no one else saw what happened.
Word forms
| comparative | more verifiable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most verifiable |
Common combinations
- verifiable facts
- Stick to verifiable facts when you write the article.
- independently verifiable
- The results should be independently verifiable by other labs.
- easily verifiable
- Her qualifications are easily verifiable online.
- verifiable evidence
- The judge asked for verifiable evidence of the payment.
- not verifiable
- The rumor is not verifiable.
Synonyms and how they differ
- provable
- Provable suggests it can be demonstrated beyond doubt, often logically, while verifiable stresses that it can be checked against a source.
- checkable
- Checkable is plainer and informal, but verifiable sounds more official and exact.
- confirmable
- Confirmable means something can be confirmed, often by a person, and is less common in science than verifiable.
- demonstrable
- Demonstrable means clearly shown in practice, whereas verifiable means able to be tested for accuracy.
Opposites
Word family
- verify verb
- to check that something is true
- verification noun
- the act of checking that something is true
- verifiably adverb
- in a way that can be checked
- unverifiable adjective
- impossible to check
Commonly confused: verifiable or veritable?
verifiable vs veritable
Veritable is an intensifier meaning real or true to its name, as in a veritable feast; it does not mean checkable.
Practice
The editor refused to print the claim because it was not ____.
Choose one answer.
Verifiable means capable of being checked. Valuable, variable and viable are real words but do not fit the idea of checking truth.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “verifiable”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.