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reportable

reportable adjective: that must be reported to the proper authorities; notifiable.

Adjective

reportable (not comparable)

  1. That must be reported to the proper authorities; notifiable
  2. Capable of being reported on.
    • reportable data elements
  3. Worth reporting on; constituting news.
    • Journalists often point to the truism that the fact that all airplanes that took off today landed safely does not produce reportable news — another way of explaining why a disproportionate amount of what gets reported as news is bad news.2005, Terry Francke, The CalAware Guide to: Open Meetings in California, page 144

Origin of reportable

From report + -able.

Words formed from reportable

Questions about reportable

What does reportable mean?
Reportable means that must be reported to the proper authorities; notifiable.
What part of speech is reportable?
Reportable is an adjective.

Words near reportable in the dictionary

  1. report card
  2. report cards
  3. report for duty
  4. report out
  5. reportability
  6. reportable
  7. reportage
  8. reportages
  9. reportative
  10. reportatively
  11. reportatives

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