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Alterable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. That can be altered: alterable clothing; alterable conditions of employment.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Capable of being changed, changeable, mutable

n. Something that can be altered; a variable.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Capable of being altered.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Capable of being altered, varied, or made different.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

adj. capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic

Word Usage

"It was believed that the brain's circuitry was only alterable in certain "critical periods," or brief windows of extreme plasticity; these were thought to occur in childhood, when experience helped to form the brain's circuitry."

Equivalent

commutable

Antonym

unalterable inalterable

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

changeable

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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