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mutable

/ˈmjuːtəbəl/

mutable adjective: changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.

Adjective

mutable (comparative more mutable, superlative most mutable)

  1. Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
    • Vndoughtedly constaunce is an honourable vertue, as inconstance is reprochefull and odious. Wherfore that man whiche is mutable for euerye occasyon, muste nedes often repente hym, and in moche repentance is nat only moche foly, but also great detriment: whiche euery wyse man wyll eschue if he can.1531, Thomas Elyot, “Of Constance or Stabilitie”, in The boke named the gouernour, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2018, book III, page e4v
    • For the mutable ranke-ſented Meynie, / Let them regard me, as I doe not flatter, / And therein behold themſelues.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
    • A value of a mutable type can change. Objects and arrays are mutable: a JavaScript program can change the values of object properties and array elements. Numbers, booleans, null, and undefined are immutable.2011, David Flanagan, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
  3. Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.
    Synonyms:
    bicorporeal

Noun

mutable (plural mutables)

  1. Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.
    • Hypothesis 6.14: Entropy levels within the social group may vary but must be maintained below maximum entropy on certain relevant variables (e.g., on the six globals and five mutables).1990, Kenneth D. Bailey, Social Entropy Theory, page 281

mutable meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

mutable in Tamil

மாறக்கூடிய

mutable in Bengali

পরিবর্তনশীল, অস্থির

mutable in Telugu

mutable, unstable, transient
చంచలము cañcalamu

mutable in Malayalam

variable, changeable, varying
മാറ്റം വരുത്താവുന്ന, മാറ്റംസംഭവിക്കുന്ന, മാറുന്ന, മാറ്റത്തിന് വിധേയമായ, ചലനാത്മകമായ, അസ്ഥിരമായ
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mutable in Persian
دگرشپذیر
mutable in Vietnamese
có thể thay đổi

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Forms of mutable

Adjective
comparativemore mutable
superlativemost mutable
Noun
pluralmutables

Origin of mutable

From Middle English mutable, from Old French mutable, from Latin mutabilis (“liable to change”). By surface analysis, muta- + -able.

Words formed from mutable

Questions about mutable

What does mutable mean?
Mutable means changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
What is mutable in Tamil?
Mutable in Tamil is மாறக்கூடிய. See Mutable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mutable?
Mutable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce mutable?
Mutable is pronounced /ˈmjuːtəbəl/.

Words near mutable in the dictionary

  1. muta-
  2. mutabbal
  3. mutabbaq
  4. mutabilities
  5. mutability
  6. mutable
  7. mutableness
  8. mutables
  9. mutably
  10. mutacin
  11. mutacins

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mutable (page history and authors); mutable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mutable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చంచలము (Telugu) (page history and authors); mutable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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