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Verifiable

adj.capable, thoughtfulprofessional

What it means

Able to be checked and confirmed against evidence.

Reach for it when praising a claim, result, or record for allowing independent confirmation

Each figure in the budget has a verifiable source and calculation.

Choose between these

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  • everyday

    checkable

    when plain language about independent checking is best

    not when Checkable sounds informal and may not imply that adequate evidence currently exists.

  • professional

    auditable

    when records permit a systematic independent review

    not when Auditable suits processes and accounts, not every ordinary factual statement.

  • professional

    confirmable

    when another observation could support the same result

    not when Confirmable emphasizes agreement, not whether the method exposes errors.

  • professional

    testable

    when a claim can be subjected to a meaningful test

    not when A testable claim may not yet be verified or even true.

  • professional

    traceable

    when a result can be followed back through records or sources

    not when Traceability shows origin, not necessarily truth.

  • formal

    provable

    when evidence can establish a conclusion decisively

    not when Provable is stronger and may be unrealistic for probabilistic or historical claims.

Said against

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  • unverifiable
  • untestable
  • unfalsifiable

It naturally appears in

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  • verifiable evidence

    The application includes verifiable evidence of each completed repair.

  • independently verifiable

    All reported totals are independently verifiable from the public ledger.

  • verifiable claim

    A verifiable claim names the record that could confirm or contradict it.

The word family

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Where this comes from

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.