verifiable
part of speech
adjective (verifiable)
meaning for a pupil
Verifiable means able to be checked and shown to be true or false. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in science, news and research lessons: «verifiable facts», «a verifiable source». It teaches pupils to tell checked facts from rumours and opinions.
examples
- Use verifiable facts in your report. tree →
- Is that claim verifiable, or is it just a rumour? tree →
- A good scientist makes verifiable predictions. tree →
- The website gives no verifiable source for its story. tree →
- Your age is verifiable from your birth certificate. tree →
- A fact is verifiable; an opinion is not. tree →
note
From «verify» (to check that something is true). Verifiable does not mean already proved true: it means it CAN be checked. A verifiable claim may turn out to be false.
Trees and pragmatics
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