documentable
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5.2
- adjective
- /ˈdɒkjʊˌmɛntəbl/
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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
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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.
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You should advise your client that documentable threats of violence - makes my job so much easier.
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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.
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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
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4.6
Can be checked to show it is correct and follows rules
Can be filed in a public record
How Verifiable
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'.