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adjective
- 1. liable to change: "the mutable nature of fashion"
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The meaning of MUTABLE is prone to change : inconstant. How to use mutable in a sentence.
adjective. formal uk / ˈmjuː.tə.b ə l / us / ˈmjuː.t̬ə.b ə l / Add to word list. able or likely to change: the mutable nature of love. Language is not static, it is mutable. Synonym. changeable. Opposites. changeless literary. immutable formal. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. always becoming different.
adjective. formalus/ˈmjuː.t̬ə.bəl/uk/ˈmjuː.tə.bəl/ Add to word listAdd to word list. able or likely to change: the mutable nature of love. Language is not static, it is mutable. Synonym. changeable. Opposites. changelessliterary. immutableformal. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. always becoming different.
adjective. liable or subject to change or alteration. Synonyms: variable, changeable. given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant: the mutable ways of fortune. Synonyms: unsteady, unsettled, vacillating, unstable. Antonyms: stable.
Definition of 'mutable' mutable in British English. (ˈmjuːtəbəl ) adjective. 1. able to or tending to change. 2. astrology. of or relating to four of the signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces, which are associated with the quality of adaptability. Compare cardinal (sense 9), fixed (sense 10) Collins English Dictionary.
Something or someone that is mutable is subject to change. Mutable weather can go from sunny, to rainy and windy, and back to sunny again. The word mutable originally had a negative connotation, and it referred to a person, usually a poet, who frequently changed his mind and moods.
Definition of mutable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a. Capable of or subject to change or alteration. b. Prone to frequent change; inconstant: mutable weather patterns. 2. Tending to undergo genetic mutation: a mutable organism; a mutable gene. [Middle English, from Latin mūtābilis, from mūtāre, to change; see mutate.] mu′ta·bil′i·ty n. mu′ta·bly adv.
Definitions of 'mutable' 1. that can be changed. [...] 2. tending to frequent change; inconstant; fickle. [...] 3. subject to mutation. [...] More. Synonyms of 'mutable' • changeable, changing, variable, flexible [...] More. Examples of 'mutable' in a sentence.
Definitions of 'mutable' 1. able to or tending to change. [...] 2. astrology. of or relating to four of the signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces, which are associated with the quality of adaptability. [...] More. Synonyms of 'mutable' • changeable, changing, variable, flexible [...] More. Examples of 'mutable' in a sentence.
