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reportable

reportable

2 5.4
Important enough that you tell officials or write it in an official record
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈpɔːrtəbl/
  • Formal
: notificable
  • But joint ventures established in other forms, such as partnerships, are not reportable to the government.
  • reportable disease

Examples

  • At the casinos, anything over six hundred was reportable.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Any other information necessary to implement the adjustment, including the reportable tax year.

    Blog text (28)
  • Positive results are reportable and should be confirmed with a repeat test.

    Blog text (18)
  • No reportable income and free counsel.

  • Influenza also was not a reportable disease.

  • Anthrax is nationally reportable in Georgia.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Foodborne diseases are reportable diseases in South Korea.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Airborne releases of reportable toxic chemical pollutants decreased by more than 40 percent from 1988 to 1994.

    Academic text (2006)
  • One dilemma for many school counselors involves assessing when a clinical suspicion becomes a reportable suspicion.

    Academic text (2005)
  • All seven charter schools had at least one reportable issue during the review.

Synonyms

notifiable
vsreportable
  • Formal
1 7.8

The law requires people to report it to the authorities

covers also matters worth informing officials about in formal contexts

Antonyms

unreportable
  • Specialized
1 7.9

Income or information the law does not require you to tell officials about

How Serious

severe
577 3.5
serious
∞ 2.0
reportable
  • Formal
2 5.4
concerning
33 3.5
insignificant
102 4.1

Surface Forms

reportable positive

Morphology

reportable = report (transparent) = report + able

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'report' with the productive suffix '-able' meaning 'capable of or deserving of being reported'.

Etymology

Reportable comes from the familiar word report, meaning 'to tell', plus the ending -able, meaning 'able to be'. So reportable describes something that can or should be 'told' to others, for example to the police or to officials.