changeable

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
  2. adjective such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
  3. adjective subject to change

Etymology

From Middle English chaungeable, from Old Northern French chaungeable, from Late Latin cambiāre (“to change”), equivalent to change + -able.

In classic literature

Synonyms

mutable

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