"provable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English provable, prevable, equivalent to prove + -able. Doublet of probable. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|provable}} Middle English provable, {{m|enm|prevable}} prevable, {{suf|en|prove|able}} prove + -able, {{m|en|probable}} probable Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} provable (not comparable)
  1. Of a statement or hypothesis that can be proven. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: proveable Related terms: proof, provably, prove Translations (of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven): проверяем (proverjaem) (Bulgarian), доказуем (dokazuem) (Bulgarian), dokazatelný (Czech), bewijsbaar (Dutch), pruvebla (Esperanto), todistettavissa oleva (Finnish), belegbar (German), beweisbar (German), nachweislich (German), bizonyítható (Hungarian), sannanlegur (Icelandic), probable (Spanish), bevisbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-provable-en-adj-XGI9FYhd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able

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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "proverjaem",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "проверяем"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dokazuem",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "доказуем"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "dokazatelný"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "bewijsbaar"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "pruvebla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "todistettavissa oleva"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "belegbar"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "beweisbar"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "nachweislich"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "bizonyítható"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "sannanlegur"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "probable"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
          "word": "bevisbar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "provable"
}
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        "Of a statement or hypothesis that can be proven."
      ],
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      "roman": "dokazuem",
      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
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      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
      "word": "dokazatelný"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
      "word": "bewijsbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
      "word": "pruvebla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
      "word": "todistettavissa oleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
      "word": "belegbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
      "word": "beweisbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
      "word": "nachweislich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
      "word": "bizonyítható"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
      "word": "sannanlegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
      "word": "probable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven",
      "word": "bevisbar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "provable"
}

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