demonstrable

English

Alternative forms

• demonstratable

Etymology

From Middle English demonstrable, from Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɒnstɹəbl̩/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmənstɹəbl̩/

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

• 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)

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.