verifiable
/ˌvɛɹ.əˈfaɪ.ə.bəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Able to be qualified by a Boolean expression.
noun
A statement or observation that can be verified.
Example Sentences
- "Do you have verifiable evidence to support that claim?"
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English verify Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English verifiable From verify + -able.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌvɛɹ.əˈfaɪ.ə.bəl/
- British English: /vɛɹ.ɪˈfaɪ.ə.bəl/