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UK
/pɹˈuːvəbəl/
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[ US /ˈpɹuvəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹuvəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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capable of being demonstrated or proved
a demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare
practical truth provable to all men
obvious lies
How To Use provable In A Sentence
- Gulf War veterans fighting to prove hundreds of former servicemen have been crippled and killed by a mysterious syndrome caused by their time in the conflict have been dealt a massive blow - their own solicitors say the case is unprovable.
- There is knowing and there is faith, the knowable is provable to a certain extent, faith is not, thus perpetuating the latter's own need tautologically. TEXAS FAITH: What's the role of religion in public education? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
- I've said some fairly remarkable stuff while trying to trick girls, but it's usually unprovable stuff like I'm a top secret rocket ship pilot or I invented the panda bear.
- That some scientists confuse the unprovable with the nonexistent does not justify the deliberate attempt of IDists to substitute sophistry for science in our public schools.
- The end of His reconciling atonement by death. holy -- positively; and in relation to God. unblamable ... unreprovable -- negatively. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- That would make him a direct descendant of Robert II - though I suspect this is unprovable.
- Pentru a forţa comunităţii ştiinţifice pentru a da greutate egal cu fiecare bit prostie unprovable a ideologiei religioase, s-ar pisa progresul ştiinţific se opreste. Ideonexus.com »2007» February
- He knows that Christ is concerned in his honour, that his name be not evil spoken of by reason of him; that he is concerned in love to his soul, having that design upon him to "present him holy, and unblamable, and unreprovable in his sight, Of Temptation
- See Colossians 1: 22 'in the body of his flesh,' saith he, 'to present you holy and unblameable, and unreprovable in his sight.' Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
- This was unusual, given conventional medicine's antipathy towards anything considered wacky or unprovable.