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Princeton's WordNet
alterableadjective
capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic
"alterable clothing"; "alterable conditions of employment"
alterableadjective
(of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe
Wiktionary
alterablenoun
Something that can be altered; a variable.
alterableadjective
Capable of being changed, changeable, mutable
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Alterableadjective
That which may be altered or changed by something else; distinct from changeable, or that which changes, or may change itself.
Etymology: from alter; alterable, Fr.
That alterable respects are realities in nature, will never be admitted by a considerate discerner. Joseph Glanvill.
Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents, which we can neither foresee nor prevent. John Rogers.
I wish they had been more clear in their directions to him upon that mighty point, Whether the settlement of the succession in the House of Hanover be alterable or no? Jonathan Swift.
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alterable
Alterable refers to something that can be changed, modified, adjusted, or adapted. It describes anything that is not fixed and can be made different in some way.
Webster Dictionary
Alterableadjective
capable of being altered
Etymology: [Cf. F. altrable.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alterable in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alterable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of alterable in a Sentence
There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from.
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