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
- (not-comparable, of a disease etc) That must be reported to the proper authorities; notifiable
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(not-comparable) Capable of being reported on.
reportable data elements
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(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
Translations (2)
it riferibile (notifiable) · it riportabile (notifiable)