measurable

[ mezh-er-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being measured.

measurable

/ ˈmɛʒərəbəl; ˈmɛʒrə- /

adjective

1. able to be measured; perceptible or significant

Derived Forms

• ˈmeasurably, adverb
• ˌmeasuraˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• measur·a·bili·ty measur·a·ble·ness noun
• measur·a·bly adverb
• inter·measur·a·ble adjective
• nonmeas·ur·a·bili·ty noun
• non·measur·a·ble adjective
• non·measur·a·ble·ness noun
• non·measur·a·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of measurable¹

1300–50; Middle English mesurable < Middle French < Late Latin mēnsūrābilis that can be measured. See measure, -able

Example Sentences

But they will probably expect measurable progress in the near future, especially given that this is the second tax measure county voters have passed for the purpose.

From Los Angeles Times

In an interview with NPR on Wednesday, Kennedy said Trump had already assigned him three tasks: to reduce the “corruption and conflicts” in regulatory agencies like the FDA, return those agencies to the “evidence-based science and medicine that they were once famous for,” and to end chronic disease with measurable impacts within two years.

From Salon

Dunivin wanted to establish that the 27 Club was real because it had a measurable effect.

From Los Angeles Times

The appellate panel said the group provided a “limited factual basis” and even if its claims were true, the number of alleged invalid votes was “so exceedingly minute as to have no measurable impact on the fundamental fairness or integrity of California’s elections.”

From Los Angeles Times

“He wants measurable results in two years and to return those agencies to their long traditions of gold-standard evidence-based science and medicine.”

From Slate

Related Words

• perceptible
• quantitative
• significant