movable
Use Movable in a sentence
və adjective
1.
capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
2.
Law.
a.
not permanent in reference to place; capable of being moved without injury.
b.
personal, as distinguished from real.
3.
changing from one date to another in different years: a movable holiday.
4.
(of type or matrices) able to be rearranged.
noun
5.
an article of furniture that is not fixed in place.
6.
Often, movables. Law. an article of personal property not attached to land.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | able to be moved or rearranged; not fixed |
| 2. | (esp of religious festivals such as Easter) varying in date from year to year |
| 3. | (
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| 4. | printing (of type) cast singly so that each character is on a separate piece of type suitable for composition by hand, as founder's type |
| —n | |
| 5. | (often plural) a movable article, esp a piece of furniture |
| moveable or moveable | |
| —adj | |
| —n | |
| mova'bility or moveable | |
| —n | |
| 'movableness or moveable | |
| —n | |
| 'movably or moveable | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
movable
also moveable, late 14c., from O.Fr. movable, from moveir (see move). A moveable feast (early 15c.) is one in the Church calendar which, though always on the same day of the week, varies its date from year to year.
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Example sentences
Being in a dual-career couple may make you less movable, but it doesn't mean you will never have any opportunities to move.
The wooden material goes well with a rustic look, ideal for outfitting your camper in the style of a movable lodge.
Occasionally a movable rib is developed in connection with the first lumbar vertebra.
The pair of levers is symmetric about a first axis of the movable stage.
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