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reportable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English report Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reportable From report + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a disease etc) That must be reported to the proper authorities; notifiable
  2. (not-comparable) Capable of being reported on.
    • reportable data elements
  3. (not-comparable) Worth reporting on; constituting news.
    • Journalists often point to the truism that the fact that all airplanes that took off today landed safely does not produce reportable news — another way of explaining why a disproportionate amount of what gets reported as news is bad news. 2005, Terry Francke, The CalAware Guide to: Open Meetings in California, page 144:

Deriveds

unreportable · nonreportable

Translations (2)

it riferibile (notifiable) · it riportabile (notifiable)