Mutable "to from change noun adjective capable changed

Title	mutable
Text	Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary mu·ta·ble \\ˈmyü-tə-bəl\\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Latin mutabilis, from mutareto change; akin to Old English mīthan to conceal, Sanskrit minātihe exchanges, deceives DATE 14th century 1. prone to change : inconstant 2. a. capable of change or of being changed b. capable of or liable to mutation • mu·ta·bil·i·ty \\ˌmyü-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\\ noun • mu·ta·bly \\ˈmyü-tə-blē\\ adverb English Etymology 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"). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 mutable mut·able / 5mju:tEbl / adjective (formal)that can change; likely to change 可变的；会变的 • mut·abil·ity / 7mju:tE5bilEti / noun [U] Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged mu·ta·ble I. \ˈmyüd.əbəl, -ütəb-\ adjective Etymology: Latin mutabilis, from mutare to change + -abilis -able — more at miss 1. : prone or liable to change : inconstant , fickle < a mutable mind > < a mutable foreign policy > 2. a. : capable of change or of being changed in form, quality, or nature < a mutable substance > b. : subject to or capable of mutation : liable to mutate < mutable vowels > • mu·ta·ble·ness noun -es II. noun (-s) : a mutable sound or grammatical form

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

mu·ta·ble

\\ˈmyü-tə-bəl\\ adjective

ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Latin mutabilis, from mutareto change; akin to Old English mīthan to conceal, Sanskrit minātihe exchanges, deceives

DATE 14th century

1. prone to change :

inconstant

a. capable of change or of being changed

b. capable of or liable to mutation

• mu·ta·bil·i·ty
\\ˌmyü-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\\ noun

• mu·ta·bly
\\ˈmyü-tə-blē\\ adverb

English Etymology

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").

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7

mutable

mut·able / 5mju:tEbl / adjective (formal)that can change; likely to change

可变的；会变的

• mut·abil·ity / 7mju:tE5bilEti / noun [U]

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged

mu·ta·ble

I. \ˈmyüd.əbəl, -ütəb-\ adjective

Etymology: Latin mutabilis, from mutare to change + -abilis -able — more at

miss

1. : prone or liable to change :

inconstant

fickle

< a mutable mind >

< a mutable foreign policy >

a. : capable of change or of being changed in form, quality, or nature

< a mutable substance >

b. : subject to or capable of mutation : liable to mutate

< mutable vowels >

• mu·ta·ble·ness noun -es

II. noun

(-s)

: a mutable sound or grammatical form

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