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mutable
[ myoo-tuh-buhl ]
adjective
- liable or subject to change or alteration.
Synonyms: variable, changeable
- given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant:
the mutable ways of fortune.
Synonyms: unsteady, unsettled, vacillating, unstable
Antonyms: stable
- Computers. (in object-oriented programming) of or noting an object having properties whose values can change while the object itself maintains a unique identity.
Derived Forms
- ˈmutably, adverb
- ˌmutaˈbility, noun
Other Words From
- mu·ta·bil·i·ty [myoo-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee] mu·ta·ble·ness noun
- mu·ta·bly adverb
- hy·per·mu·ta·ble adjective
- hy·per·mu·ta·bly adverb
- non·mut·a·ble adjective
- non·mut·a·bly adverb
- un·mu·ta·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of mutable1
Example Sentences
In the course of his restless, mutable career, Gordon, 72, has written all kinds of music, from classical pieces for solo piano or chamber orchestra to dance scores and experimental operas.
But when you take a step backwards and you look at the gameplay, a station wagon is mutable.
Godzilla belongs to Japan in the same way that, say, the Doctor of “Doctor Who” will always be British, even though that character is from a different planet and mutable in every other respect.
For decades, researchers considered mouse songs instinctual, the fixed tunes of a windup music box, rather than the mutable expressions of individual minds.
Because of this I suspect its allegorical potency will be perceived as a bit too mutable.
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