Changeable - English meaning

adjective

Able to be adjusted.

Usage examples:

The car has fully adjustable seats and steering wheel

adjective

Something that is adjustable can be changed according to how something else changes or in order to make it more suitable

Usage examples:

This office chair has an adjustable seat and back., homebuyers with risky credit ratings were able …

adjective

Possible to change

Usage examples:

Evidence suggests that about one-third of cancer deaths relate to nutrition, physical activity, and…

verb

Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Usage examples:

Both parties voted against proposals to change the law

noun

An act or process through which something becomes different.

Usage examples:

The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society

noun

Coins as opposed to banknotes.

Usage examples:

A handful of loose change

adjective

Able to be changed in form, function, or character.

Usage examples:

A convertible sofa

noun

A car with a folding or detachable roof.

Usage examples:

Brendan picked her up in his cherry-red convertible

noun

A car whose top can be folded back or removed so that there is no roof

adjective

Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.

Usage examples:

Her breathing was erratic

noun

A rock or boulder that differs from the surrounding rock and is believed to have been brought from a distance by glacial action.

Usage examples:

The source of stone for the whetstones may have been glacial erratics

adjective

Changing suddenly and unexpectedly

Usage examples:

An erratic schedule

adjective

Able to be exchanged by its owner for something else

Usage examples:

Exchangeable for sth the bonds will be exchangeable for shares or cash., exchangeable into sth drac…

adjective

Buoyant or suspended in water or air.

Usage examples:

A floating platform

verb

Rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.

Usage examples:

She relaxed, floating gently in the water

adjective

Not fixed in one position, place, or level

Usage examples:

The city has a large floating population (= people who move around a lot)., the bank has offered us…

adjective

Rising and falling irregularly in number or amount.

Usage examples:

A fluctuating level of demand

verb

Rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.

Usage examples:

Trade with other countries tends to fluctuate from year to year

adjective

Fluctuating prices, levels, or interest rates go up and down

Usage examples:

Flexible mortgages are suitable for borrowers with reliable but fluctuating income., using temporar…

noun

A substance that has no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure; a gas or (especially) a liquid.

Usage examples:

Body fluids

adjective

(of a substance) able to flow easily.

Usage examples:

The paint is more fluid than tube watercolours

noun

A substance that flows and is not solid

Usage examples:

[ u ] the doctor drained some fluid from her lungs., [ c ] dr. tay says i need rest and lots of flu…

adjective

Not staying the same throughout.

Usage examples:

The quality of the material was often inconsistent

adjective

Frequently changing; variable or irregular.

Usage examples:

The exact dimensions aren't easily measured since they are inconstant

adjective

Not staying the same, especially in emotion, behaviour, or choice of sexual partner

Usage examples:

An inconstant lover

adjective

(of two things) able to be interchanged.

Usage examples:

Eyepieces are interchangeable and one can use any eyepiece with any telescope

adjective

Able to be exchanged with each other without making any difference or without being noticed

Usage examples:

Interchangeable machine parts

adjective

Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.

Usage examples:

His strong, irregular features

noun

A member of an irregular military force.

Usage examples:

The filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregula…

adjective

Not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes

Usage examples:

An irregular surface, there are irregular spaces between the words., he showed up at irregular inte…

adjective

Capable of being moved.

Usage examples:

They stripped the town of all movable objects and fled

noun

Property or possessions not including land or buildings.

Usage examples:

In many cases the movables are the facilities and stock-in-trade of a business

adjective

Able to be moved

Usage examples:

We have movable screens dividing our office into working areas.

adjective

Liable to change.

Usage examples:

The mutable nature of fashion

adjective

Able or likely to change

Usage examples:

The mutable nature of love, language is not static, it is mutable.

adjective

Liable to change.

Usage examples:

It is a very permutable undertaking trying to develop discovery park.

adjective

Able to be replaced.

Usage examples:

A knife with a replaceable blade

adjective

That can be replaced

Usage examples:

Don't worry - all that stolen stuff is replaceable., electronic devices intended to run off replace…

adjective

Changing, especially unpredictably.

Usage examples:

Diverse districts with shifting demographics

verb

Move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.

Usage examples:

A team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house

adjective

Changing all the time

Usage examples:

Our marketing needs to keep up with shifting consumer profiles.

adjective

Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not stable or calm.

Usage examples:

The country's turbulent history

adjective

Full of confusion; lacking order

Usage examples:

His book discusses the turbulent years of the civil rights struggle., turbulent seas kept us from s…

adjective

Experiencing many problems, disagreements, or changes

Usage examples:

A turbulent time/period/year the publishing world is going through a turbulent time at the moment.,…

adjective

Not level or smooth.

Usage examples:

The floors are cracked and uneven

adjective

Lacking order or stability.

Usage examples:

An unsettled childhood

verb

Cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb.

Usage examples:

The crisis has unsettled financial markets

adjective

Tending to change suddenly; not having a regular pattern

Usage examples:

Things are unsettled in the state’s political arena., the forecast is for unsettled weather, with m…

adjective

Likely to give way; not stable.

Usage examples:

The unstable cliff tops

adjective

Not firm and therefore not strong, safe, or likely to last

Usage examples:

It is a poor and politically unstable country., he’s emotionally unstable – you never know how he’l…

adjective

Liable to fall or shake; not steady in position.

Usage examples:

He was very unsteady on his feet

adjective

Moving or changing, or not firm

Usage examples:

She’s been sick, and she’s still a bit unsteady on her feet.

adjective

Wavering between different opinions or actions; irresolute.

Usage examples:

He was accused of vacillating leadership

verb

Waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.

Usage examples:

I vacillated between teaching and journalism

adjective

Not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change.

Usage examples:

The quality of hospital food is highly variable

noun

An element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change.

Usage examples:

There are too many variables involved to make any meaningful predictions

adjective

Likely to change, or showing change or difference as a characteristic

Usage examples:

Our weather is very variable in the spring., there is a lot of variability between brands., among t…

adjective

Differing in size, amount, degree, or nature.

Usage examples:

Varying degrees of success

verb

Differ in size, amount, degree, or nature from something else of the same general class.

Usage examples:

The properties vary in price

adjective

Changing or different in amount or level, especially from one occasion to another, or from one person or thing to another

Usage examples:

The technology is able to convert handwriting into digital text with varying degrees of success., t…

adjective

Moving in a quivering way; flickering.

Usage examples:

A wavering flame

verb

Move in a quivering way; flicker.

Usage examples:

The flame wavered in the draught

adjective

Losing strength, determination, or purpose, especially temporarily

Usage examples:

He spoke in a wavering voice, as if he were not sure of his ground., his wavering resolve was stren…