verifiable

Everyday

Verifiable means able to be checked and shown to be true or false. tree →

In the lessons

Used in science, news and research lessons: «verifiable facts», «a verifiable source». It teaches pupils to tell checked facts from rumours and opinions.

Examples

• Use verifiable facts in your report. tree →
• Is that claim verifiable, or is it just a rumour? tree →
• A good scientist makes verifiable predictions. tree →
• The website gives no verifiable source for its story. tree →
• Your age is verifiable from your birth certificate. tree →
• A fact is verifiable; an opinion is not. tree →

Note

From «verify» (to check that something is true). Verifiable does not mean already proved true: it means it CAN be checked. A verifiable claim may turn out to be false.