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語源

From 中期英語 demonstrable, from Old French.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /dɪˈmɒnstɹəbl̩/, /ˈdɛmənstɹəbl̩/
• (米国発音) IPA: /dɪˈmɑnstɹəbl̩/

形容詞

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".

反意語

• indemonstrable
• undemonstrable

派生語

関連する語

• demonstrative

参考

• provable

名詞

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.