Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being verified; capable of being proved or confirmed by incontestable evidence; confirmable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being verified; confirmable.

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  • adjective Able to be verified or confirmed.
  • adjective Able to be qualified by a Boolean expression.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation
  • adjective capable of being verified

Etymologies

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Examples

  • The clue to what is politically effective is to be found not so much in verifiable good or bad effects flowing from political acts as in whether the incumbent can continue indefinitely to convey the impression of knowing what is to be done (Edelman 1964, 76-77, emph. added).

    Murray Edelman and the Myth of the Rational Voter, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • - The Gates Foundation's business is philanthropy, which deals in verifiable benefits.

    Sound Politics: Best of Times 2007

  • Mr. Bush calls it a positive step, but he warns there has to be what he calls a verifiable process -- Wolf?

    CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2005 2005

  • The U.S. president's word - "verifiable" - has set the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament on a possible course toward negotiating a treaty after years of deadlock, most recently because the Bush administration argued that a pact couldn't be verified by inspections and monitoring.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • Obama's word - "verifiable" - has set the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament on a possible course toward negotiating a treaty after years of deadlock, most recently because the Bush administration argued that a pact could not be verified by inspections and monitoring.

    SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines 2009

  • The U.S. president's word - "verifiable" - has set the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament on a possible course toward negotiating a treaty after years of deadlock, most recently because the Bush administration argued that a pact couldn't be verified by inspections and monitoring.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • The U.S. president's word -- "verifiable" -- has set the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament on a possible course toward negotiating a treaty after years of deadlock, most recently because the Bush administration argued that a pact couldn't be verified by inspections and monitoring.

    ModerateVoters.org 2009

  • What might be a more useful exercise for the ABA are accreditation requirements for publishing in verifiable form the institution’s rate of bar passage, and the number or percentage of graduates actually working in permanent legal employment, and of what type.

    Matthew Yglesias » Too Many Lawyers, But Also Too Many Cartels 2010

  • The Times article failed to name verifiable accounts of sources and people involved.

    Hillary Supporter Lanny Davis Suggests Proposals For Florida And Michigan 2009

  • By 6-3, the three dissents all embracing the idea of verifiable photo identification and the burden that is requisite for registering and voting in this country and that's very important and a change, a see change.

    CNN Transcript Apr 30, 2008 2008

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