mutable
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tə adjective
1.
liable or subject to change or alteration.
2.
given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant: the mutable ways of fortune.
Related forms
mu·ta·bil·i·ty, mu·ta·ble·ness, noun
mu·ta·bly, adverb
hy·per·mu·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
hy·per·mu·ta·ble, adjective
hy·per·mu·ta·ble·ness, noun
hy·per·mu·ta·b·ly, adverb
non·mu·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
non·mut·a·ble, adjective
non·mut·a·ble·ness, noun
non·mut·a·b·ly, adverb
un·mu·ta·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1. changeable, variable. 2. unstable, vacillating, unsettled, wavering, unsteady.
1. changeable, variable. 2. unstable, vacillating, unsettled, wavering, unsteady.
Antonyms
2. stable.
2. stable.
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World English Dictionary
mutable (ˈmjuːtəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | able to or tending to change |
| 2. | astrology cardinal Compare fixed of or relating to four of the signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces, which are associated with the quality of adaptability |
| [C14: from Latin mūtābilis fickle, from mūtāre to change] | |
| muta'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'mutableness | |
| —n | |
| 'mutably | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
mutable
late 14c., "liable to change," from O.Prov. mutable, from L. mutabilis "changeable," from mutare "to change," from PIE base *mei- "to change, go, move" (cf. Skt. methati "changes, alternates, joins, meets;" Avestan mitho "perverted, false;" L. meare "to go, pass," migrare "to move from one place to another;"
O.C.S. mite "alternately;" Czech mijim "to go by, pass by," Pol. mijam "avoid;" Goth. maidjan "to change;" Hitt. mutai- "to be changed into"); with derivatives refering to the exchange of goods and services within a society as regulated by custom or law (cf. L. mutuus "done in exchange," munus "service performed for the community, duty, work"). Related: Mutability.
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Example sentences
In fact, the fact that they are changeable and mutable is what brought me into this conundrum in the first place.
He recognised that species were mutable, and he also proposed that traits could be inherited.
Mantel means to suggest that history itself is ever mutable and difficult to grasp.
Now scientists report that the brain is even more mutable than suspected.
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