demonstrable

English

Alternative forms

• demonstratable

Etymology

From Middle English demonstrable, from Old French.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɒnstɹəbl̩/, /ˈdɛmənstɹəbl̩/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɑnstɹəbl̩/

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Adjective

demonstrable (comparative more demonstrable, superlative most demonstrable)

1. Able to be demonstrated.

   It is easily demonstrable that water extinguishes fire.

   • 2023 April 5, “Network News: Conservatives accused of "rewarding Avanti's failure"”, in RAIL, number 980, page 6:

     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".

Antonyms

• indemonstrable
• undemonstrable

Derived terms

• demonstrability
• demonstrableness
• demonstrably
• nondemonstrable

Related terms

• demonstrative

Translations

able to be demonstrated

Catalan: demostrable Czech: prokazatelný Dutch: aantoonbaar (nl) Finnish: osoitettavissa (oleva) French: démontrable (fr) German: nachweislich (de) Italian: dimostrabile (it) Manx: soilsheydagh Polish: wykazalny Portuguese: demonstrável Romanian: demonstrabil (ro) Russian: доказу́емый (ru) (dokazújemyj) Spanish: demostrable (es)

See also

• provable

Noun

demonstrable (plural demonstrables)

1. Something that can be demonstrated.
   • 1949, The Termination Report of the National War Labor Board:

     We deal here with imponderables rather than demonstrables.