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citable

citable

1 5.1
Can be used as a source in academic or formal writing
  • adjective
  • /ˈsaɪtəbl/
  • Formal
translation icon : citable
  • When writing your thesis, make sure to include many citable sources to support your arguments.

Examples

  • The only thing I've ever said is Wikipedia doesn't pass the muster as a citable source.

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  • The committee evaluated several research papers to find those that were truly citable in their upcoming publication.

  • If your content becomes citable enough among those in your industry, you'll have trust with customers even before they make their first purchase from you.

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  • What citable fact can you link to demonstrate that Iraq is anywhere near enriching uranium to weapons grade?

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  • Was there a single, citable reference that Obama was going to announce his "evolution" at the convention prior to Biden's open-mouth-insert-foot last weekend?

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  • The most is that there is not one single citable source that has not either been investigated for fraud or prosecuted for malpractice quoted in this entire film.

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  • If I make an assertion of fact based on citable science I am familiar with, and someone who strongly disagrees challenges me to provide a citation, and then I do provide the citation, that person will never concede, anyway.

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  • These 26 researchers produced a body of citable research across at least two of the examined editor eras and conceptually represented authors with high lifetime citation counts (4; 20).

    Academic text (2015)
  • It appears that the JRME not only produces more cited research than other journals (12), but it also generates research that is quickly adopted and remains citable over a long period of time.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Only studies that meet rigorous standards are considered citable by the journal's editorial board.

Synonyms

documentable
vscitable
1 5.2

Can be shown by written evidence

is mainly used in academic writing to point to specific sources

Surface Forms

citable positive

Morphology

citable = cite (transparent) = cite + able

Productive adjectival formation from the verb 'cite' with the regular suffix '-able', so the meaning 'able to be cited' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Citable comes from the verb cite, which originally meant 'to mention' and is the same root behind citation and recite. So, something citable is easy to 'mention' as a reliable source in your writing.