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- 1. liable to change: "the mutable nature of fashion"
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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.
The meaning of MUTABLE is prone to change : inconstant. How to use mutable in a sentence.
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.
adjective. formal us / ˈmjuː.t̬ə.b ə l / uk / ˈmjuː.tə.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.
given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant: the mutable ways of fortune. Synonyms: unsteady, unsettled, vacillating, unstable. Antonyms: stable. Computers. (in object-oriented programming) of or noting an object having properties whose values can change while the object itself maintains a unique identity. mutable. / ˈmjuːtəbəl /
Definition of mutable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms.
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.
Mutable Definition. myo͝otə-bəl. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin Adjective. Filter (0) adjective. That can be changed. Webster's New World. Capable of or subject to change or alteration. American Heritage Medicine. Tending toward frequent change; inconstant; fickle. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
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