Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Liable to change; capricious.
- adjective Being such that alteration is possible.
- adjective Varying in color or appearance when seen from different angles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Liable to change; subject to alteration or variation; fickle; inconstant; mutable; variable: as, a person of a changeable mind.
- Having the quality of varying in color or external appearance:” as, changeable silk; the changeable chameleon.
- Unstable, uncertain, wavering, vacillating.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant.
- adjective Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
changed . - adjective Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- adjective subject to change
- adjective such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
- adjective varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
Etymologies
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Examples
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The music is often in changeable, irregular meters that later indie-rockers would categorize as math-rock, while the vocals are muttered as much as sung.
Pitchfork Music Festival: Sonic Youth Brings Back ‘Daydream Nation’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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The music is often in changeable, irregular meters that later indie-rockers would categorize as math-rock, while the vocals are muttered as much as sung.
Pitchfork Music Festival: Sonic Youth Brings Back ‘Daydream Nation’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Lane dilutes to "changeable" -- making a truism of a metaphor.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The weather did improve, but remained changeable, which is what you expect at the end of May.
The first of Dune « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2008
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But after candidates tell you their views on health care or oil prices -- every word changeable with the wind -- you arrive at the vital questions: What kind of person is this candidate?
Notable & Quotable 2008
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Christ: she hath the moon, that is, the changeable things of the world, under her feet: and the twelve stars with which she is crowned, are the twelve apostles: she is in labour and pain, whilst she brings forth her children, and Christ in them, in the midst of afflictions and persecutions.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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Christ: she hath the moon, that is, the changeable things of the world, under her feet: and the twelve stars with which she is crowned, are the twelve apostles: she is in labour and pain, whilst she brings forth her children, and Christ in them, in the midst of afflictions and persecutions.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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"Springtime is going to be a little bit changeable, that is typical for this time of year."
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Other tools supporting learning adaptations for students facing visual challenges — such as changeable text size, font, colour/shading (for colour blindness) — must also be built in at a fundamental level, for a product or device to be considered.
December 2009 2009
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Other tools supporting learning adaptations for students facing visual challenges — such as changeable text size, font, colour/shading (for colour blindness) — must also be built in at a fundamental level, for a product or device to be considered.
Contributors 2010
artoparts commented on the word changeable
Sorry, I prefer unchangeable.
September 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word changeable
Looks like 1 listing each at the moment.
September 30, 2008