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movable

/ˈmuːvəbəl/

movable adjective: capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.

Adjective

movable (not generally comparable, comparative more movable, superlative most movable)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.
    • The owners had supplied the vessel with a movable derrick for the purpose of raising the gangways of the vessel when in port, in order to discharge cargo.1902, Henry Billings Brown, The Osceola
    Synonyms:
    mobile
  2. (not comparable, usually) Changing from one time to another.
    • Easter is a movable holiday.
    Synonyms:
    floating
    Antonyms:
    immovable

Noun

movable (plural movables)

  1. Something which is movable; an article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.

movable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

movable in Hindi

capable of being moved
जंगम jaṅgam
something movable
जंगम jaṅgam

movable in Tamil

அசை, அசையும் பொருள், நகர், அசையும்

movable in Bengali

স্থাবর, অস্থাবর

movable in Malayalam

ചലിപ്പിക്കാവുന്ന, ഇളക്കാവുന്ന, നീക്കാവുന്ന
More languagesFewer languages
movable in Kannada
ಚಲಿಸಲಾಗುವ, ಚರ, ಚಲಿಸಬಲ್ಲ, ಸರಿಸಬಲ್ಲ
movable in Sanskrit
जङ्गम jaṅgama
movable in Persian
متغیر moteġayyer

Examples of movable in a sentence

  • Eublepharid geckos lack adhesive toepads and, unlike other geckos, have movable eyelids.
  • Elements that create aisles or aisle accessways may be movable by the users.
  • It is appropriate that generally this place be a stationary ambo and not simply a movable lectern.

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Antonyms

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Forms of movable

Adjective
comparativemore movable
superlativemost movable
alternative formmoveable
Noun
pluralmovables

Origin of movable

From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move + -able.

Words formed from movable

Phrases with movable

Questions about movable

What does movable mean?
Movable means capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.
What is movable in Hindi?
Movable in Hindi is जंगम (jaṅgam). See Movable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is movable?
Movable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce movable?
Movable is pronounced /ˈmuːvəbəl/.

Words near movable in the dictionary

  1. mouzounas
  2. MOV
  3. mov'd
  4. movabilities
  5. movability
  6. movable
  7. movable alphabet
  8. movable alphabets
  9. movable bridge
  10. movable bridges
  11. movable feast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: movable (page history and authors); movable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); movable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); movable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); movable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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