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View synonyms for alterable

alterable

[ awl-ter-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being altered.


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Other Words From

  • alter·a·bili·ty alter·a·ble·ness noun
  • alter·a·bly adverb
  • re·alter·a·ble adjective
  • re·alter·a·ble·ness noun
  • re·alter·a·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of alterable1

First recorded in 1520–30; alter + -able

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Example Sentences

Their acts are "alterable" by the Board of Overseers, to whom they are responsible.

"Yes" or "No," when once definitely uttered by a Bushi, was no more alterable than the ebb and flow of the tide.

The very fourth commandment, however it was a perpetual law as to the proportion of time, yet was alterable as to the seventh day.

Affecting this Act, except in so far as it is declared to be alterable by the Irish Legislature.

The provisions with respect to this second order fall within the class of enactments which are alterable by the Irish Legislature.

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