| / English Dictionary |
MUTABLE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to undergo genetic mutuation
Example:
It is likely, too, that the chromosomes of all eubacteria are as mutable as that of E. coli
Classified under:
Similar:
changeable; changeful (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
Example:
a mutable foreign policy
Synonyms:
changeable; mutable
Classified under:
Antonym:
immutable (not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature)
Derivation:
mutability; mutableness (the quality of being capable of mutation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Prone to frequent change; inconstant
Example:
the mutable ways of fortune
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
inconstant (likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
