testable.

Able to be checked by a defined procedure or evidence.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• testable hypothesis
• testable prediction

On the page

The theory generated a testable prediction.

She converted the idea into a testable hypothesis.

The proposed relationship was testable with the available data.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic. Forms: More testable; most testable where degree is meaningful; relational uses are normally non-gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.