Verifiable
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.
Words to choose between 6
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everyday
checkable
Fits when plain language about independent checking is best
Careful Checkable sounds informal and may not imply that adequate evidence currently exists.
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professional
auditable
Fits when records permit a systematic independent review
Careful Auditable suits processes and accounts, not every ordinary factual statement.
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professional
confirmable
Fits when another observation could support the same result
Careful Confirmable emphasizes agreement, not whether the method exposes errors.
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professional
testable
Fits when a claim can be subjected to a meaningful test
Careful A testable claim may not yet be verified or even true.
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professional
traceable
Fits when a result can be followed back through records or sources
Careful Traceability shows origin, not necessarily truth.
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formal
provable
Fits when evidence can establish a conclusion decisively
Careful Provable is stronger and may be unrealistic for probabilistic or historical claims.
Opposites 3
- unverifiable
- untestable
- unfalsifiable
Common phrases 3
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verifiable evidence
The application includes verifiable evidence of each completed repair.
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independently verifiable
All reported totals are independently verifiable from the public ledger.
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verifiable claim
A verifiable claim names the record that could confirm or contradict it.
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