Variable - English meaning

adjective

Liable to unpredictable variation.

Usage examples:

The weather will be changeable with rain at times

adjective

Changing often

Usage examples:

The weather is very changeable this time of year.

adjective

Often changing

Usage examples:

The weather in britain is notoriously changeable., his moods are very changeable.

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

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

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

Tending or able to change frequently or easily.

Usage examples:

It is difficult to comprehend the whole of this protean subject

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

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

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…