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Meaning of 'changeable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Changeable [ a.]
- Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.
- Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

Meaning of 'changeable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . changeable [ a]
Meaning (1):
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
Example in sentence:
  • a mutable foreign policy;
  • a mutable substance;
  • mutable weather patterns
Meaning (2):
- such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
Example in sentence:
  • changeable behavior;
  • changeable moods;
  • changeable prices
3 . changeable [ s]
Meaning (3):
- subject to change
Example in sentence:
  • a changeable climate;
  • the weather is uncertain;
  • unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other
Meaning (4):
- varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
Example in sentence:
  • a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent;
  • changeable taffeta;
  • chatoyant (or shot) silk

Nearby Words:

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