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verifiability

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The state or property of being capable of being verified; confirmability.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

1973 , James C. McKeown, "Comparative Application of Market and Cost Based Accounting Models," Journal of Accounting Research, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 99, The verifiabilities of the other measurement systems were very similar.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English verify Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English verifiability From verify + -ability.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Dutch: verifieerbaarheid — property of being capable of being verified
German: Überprüfbarkeit — property of being capable of being verified
Romanian: verificabilitate — property of being capable of being verified
Spanish: verificabilidad — property of being capable of being verified

Word forms

Inflections and variants

verifiabilities — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: criterion of verifiability, principle of verifiability, verifiability criterion, verifiability principle

Related: none provided

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