mutable

adjective

mu·ta·ble | \ ˈmyü-tə-bəl

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Definition of mutable

1 : prone to change : inconstant mutable opinions

2a : capable of change or of being changed mutable laws

b : capable of or liable to mutation mutable vowels a mutable gene

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the government's mutable economic policies a politician with very mutable positions on all the issues

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Cloud Nine,’’ presently receiving a first-class production by Nora Theatre Company under the perceptive direction of Lee Mikeska Gardner, that unreality takes the form of an experiment with the mutable properties of time. — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, "The sun sets on the British empire in Nora Theatre Company’s ‘Cloud Nine’," 20 June 2019 Basketball fans girdle the globe, and the internet and a thousand cable N.B.A. channels have rendered loyalties mutable. — Michael Powell, New York Times, "The East Has Fallen Off the Map," 3 July 2018 Each season concludes with a mutable sign — Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces — that possesses effortless fluidity well-suited to change and transformation. — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, "Each Zodiac Sign's Unique Personality Traits, Explained by an Astrologer," 28 Oct. 2018 That’s partly because the play’s performers, under Mr. Mendes’s impeccably paced direction, are so inventively mutable. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ Is a Transfixing Epic of Riches and Ruin," 13 July 2018 Sophia Simensky’s set and costumes are as basic as can be, yet surprisingly mutable, too, especially as enhanced by Seth Rook Williams’s carefully shaded lighting and Daniel Foxsmith’s ominous sound design. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: In ‘Operation Crucible,’ Terror and Reassurance," 15 May 2018 And indeed, 40 years is a long trend for something as perennially mutable, and undefinable, as pop music. — Dj Louie Xiv, Vanities, "Has 2018 Killed the Pop Star?," 22 June 2018 The drawing of lines for electoral districts must build community across partisan divides rather than divide people by mutable political identities. — The Christian Science Monitor, "The high court’s hint on partisan gerrymandering," 18 June 2018 But apart from this mutable version of time, Einstein also calculated the speed of light. — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, "We Already Know How To Build a Time Machine," 28 May 2018

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mutable

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of mutable

formal : able or likely to change often

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mutable

adjective

mu·ta·ble | \ ˈmyüt-ə-bəl

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Medical Definition of mutable

1 : capable of change or of being changed in form, quality, or nature

2 : capable of or liable to mutation

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