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单词 alterable
释义

alterable


al·ter

A0229700 (ôl′tər)v. al·tered, al·ter·ing, al·ters v.tr.1. To change or make different; modify: altered my will.2. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.3. To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).v.intr. To change or become different.
[Middle English alteren, from Old French alterer, from Medieval Latin alterāre, from Latin alter, other; see al- in Indo-European roots.]
al′ter·a·bil′i·ty, al′ter·a·ble·ness n.al′ter·a·ble adj.al′ter·a·bly adv.
Thesaurus
Adj.1.alterable - capable of being changed or altered in some characteristicalterable - capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic; "alterable clothing"; "alterable conditions of employment"inalterable, unalterable - not capable of being changed or altered; "unalterable resolve"; "an unalterable ground rule"
2.alterable - (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severelaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"commutable - subject to alteration or change; "the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment"

alterable

adjectiveCapable of or liable to change:changeable, fluid, inconstant, mutable, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant.Archaic: various.
Translations
alterabile
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alterable


  • adj

Synonyms for alterable

adj capable of or liable to change

Synonyms

  • changeable
  • fluid
  • inconstant
  • mutable
  • uncertain
  • unsettled
  • unstable
  • unsteady
  • variable
  • variant
  • various

Antonyms for alterable

adj capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic

Antonyms

  • inalterable
  • unalterable

adj (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe

Related Words

  • law
  • jurisprudence
  • commutable
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