Verifiable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /vɛɹ.ɪˈfaɪ.ə.bəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Verifiable is an adjective meaning Able to be verified or confirmed.
Meaning
Able to be verified or confirmed.
More Meanings
- Able to be qualified by a Boolean expression.
- (logic) 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.
Word Forms
- verifiables
Synonyms for verifiable
Depending on context, synonyms include objective, empirical, nonsubjective, confirmable.
Antonyms for verifiable
Common opposites include falsifiable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include confirmable, objective, empirical, nonsubjective, ascertainable, demonstrable.
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