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demonstrable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈmɑnstɹəbl̩/ (US)
  • /dɪˈmɒnstɹəbl̩/ (UK)
  • /ˈdɛmənstɹəbl̩/ (UK)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Middle English demonstrable, from Old French.

Meanings

  1. Able to be demonstrated.
    • Responding, Transport Secretary Mark Harper accused Haigh and Labour of making "unfunded promises of £62 billion of rail spending with no demonstrable means to pay for them". 2023 April 5, “Network News: Conservatives accused of "rewarding Avanti's failure"”, in RAIL, number 980, page 6:
    • It is easily demonstrable that water extinguishes fire.

Forms

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most demonstrable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more demonstrable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
demonstratable alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

undemonstrable · indemonstrable

Deriveds

demonstrably · demonstrableness · nondemonstrable · demonstrability

Relateds

provable · demonstrative

Translations (13)

de nachweislich (able to be demonstrated) · nl aantoonbaar (able to be demonstrated) · ro demonstrabil (able to be demonstrated) · pt demonstrável (able to be demonstrated) · ca demostrable (able to be demonstrated) · pl wykazalny (able to be demonstrated) · es demostrable (able to be demonstrated) · cs prokazatelný (able to be demonstrated) · it dimostrabile (able to be demonstrated) · gv soilsheydagh (able to be demonstrated) · ru доказу́емый (able to be demonstrated) · fi osoitettavissa (oleva) (able to be demonstrated) · fr démontrable (able to be demonstrated)

demonstrable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈmɑnstɹəbl̩/ (US)
  • /dɪˈmɒnstɹəbl̩/ (UK)
  • /ˈdɛmənstɹəbl̩/ (UK)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Middle English demonstrable, from Old French.

Meanings

  1. Something that can be demonstrated.
    • We deal here with imponderables rather than demonstrables. 1949, The Termination Report of the National War Labor Board:

Forms

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demonstrables Number=Plur lexicographic
demonstratable alternative lexicographic