specifiable

[ spes-uh-fahy-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. that can be specified.

Other Words From

• non·speci·fia·ble adjective
• un·speci·fia·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of specifiable¹

First recorded in 1655–65; specify + -able

Example Sentences

Just as the words black and wrong have no specifiable empirical content, the word right has none, either.

From Washington Post

There must be some specifiable criteria by which an application would be disqualified, e.g., net worth or income.

From New York Times

That is to say, it is marked by51 specifiable logical traits not found in physical occurrences as such.

From Project Gutenberg

The motion is not a simple circle nor has it a readily specifiable period.

From Project Gutenberg

No crime or misdemeanor specifiable on either side; unhappy together, these good many years past, and they at length end it.—Sulzer said, "Men are by nature good."

From Project Gutenberg