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VERIFIABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does verifiable mean?
• VERIFIABLE (adjective)
The adjective VERIFIABLE has 2 senses:
1. capable of being verified
2. capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation
Familiarity information: VERIFIABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being verified
Context example:
a verifiable account of the incident
Similar:
nonsubjective; objective (undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena)
Derivation:
verify (confirm the truth of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation
Synonyms:
confirmable; falsifiable; verifiable
Similar:
empiric; empirical (derived from experiment and observation rather than theory)
Derivation:
verify (confirm the truth of)
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