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documentable

documentable

1 5.2
Can be shown by written evidence
  • adjective
  • /ˈdɒkjʊˌmɛntəbl/
translation icon : documentable
  • The transformation from merchant to landlord control is documentable through the widespread use and evolution of iqta, an institution or a practice concerned with the governance of land.

Examples

  • The fact that a child is more attentive while taking Ritalin doesn't then mean that he has a documentable mental disorder.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Both reports attempt to find the best, most documentable approach to improving ELLs' success in school.

    Academic text (2009)
  • You should advise your client that documentable threats of violence - makes my job so much easier.

  • This is the kind of documentable change that entire government agencies and UN bodies have dreamed of for decades.

    Blog text (4)
  • Any exposure, if there were an exposure, would be consistent with a documentable procedural failure on her part.

  • The Patriot article had preceded Jakob's own documentable interest by years, and it included myth features he later adopted.

    Academic text (2013)
  • With these multiple and numerous expectations, fatigue and stress could be more substantial for African American presidents; however, there is as yet no evidence in the literature that this difference is documentable.

    Academic text (1997)
  • First, it has given rise to individuals identifying themselves as Indian whose ancestry has no documentable Indian heritage or whose claim to Indian ancestry is simply bogus.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Of course, it might have been a Civil War Enfield or Lorenz with documentable provenance and worth a helluva lot more than the $12 my grandmother sold it for to some tobacco.

    Blog text (11)
  • The scientist presented a documentable case to support her research findings.

Synonyms

auditable
vsdocumentable
  • Specialized
1 4.6

Can be checked to show it is correct and follows rules

is provable or supported by documents rather than only examined
recordable
vsdocumentable
  • Formal
4.4

Can be filed in a public record

is about being provable with documents instead of being officially recorded

How Verifiable

provable
10 5.0
verifiable
26 5.1
documentable
1 5.2

Surface Forms

documentable positive

Morphology

documentable = document (transparent) = document + able

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-able' to the verb 'document', yielding 'capable of being documented', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Documentable comes from document (a written paper that shows 'proof') plus the ending -able meaning 'can be', so it literally means something that 'can be shown with papers or evidence'.