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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mu•ta•ble /ˈmyutəbəl/USA pronunciation adj. - allowing change:mutable laws of nature.
- likely to change:the mutable ways of fortune.
mu•ta•bil•i•ty /ˌmyutəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] mu•ta•bly, adv. See -mut-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mu•ta•ble (myo̅o̅′tə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. - liable or subject to change or alteration.
- given to changing;
constantly changing; fickle or inconstant:the mutable ways of fortune.
- Latin mūtābilis, equivalent. to mūtā(re) to change + -bilis -ble
- Middle English 1350–1400
mu′ta•bil′i•ty, mu′ta•ble•ness, n. mu′ta•bly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged changeable, variable.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unstable, vacillating, unsettled, wavering, unsteady.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stable.
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