HyperDic: mutable

English > 3 senses of the word mutable:
ADJECTIVEallmutable, changeablecapable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
allmutableprone to frequent change
allmutabletending to undergo genetic mutuation
mutable > pronunciation
Soundsmyuw'tahbahl
Rhymesabdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...
English > mutable: 3 senses > adjective 1
Meaningcapable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature.
Examples
  • "a mutable substance"
  • "the mutable ways of fortune"
  • "mutable weather patterns"
  • "a mutable foreign policy"
Synonymchangeable
Oppositeimmutable, changelessnot subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
Spanishmutable
Catalancanviable, mutable
Nounsmutability, mutablenessthe quality of being capable of mutation
English > mutable: 3 senses > adjective 2
MeaningProne to frequent change; inconstant.
Examples
  • "the fickle and mutable nature of truth"
  • "the mutable ways of fortune"
Broaderinconstantlikely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason
English > mutable: 3 senses > adjective 3
MeaningTending to undergo genetic mutuation.
Example"It is likely, too, that the chromosomes of all eubacteria are as mutable as that of E. coli"
Broaderchangeable, changefulSuch that alteration is possible

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