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1. (adj.) liable
legally responsible:
You are liable for the damage caused by your action.
2. liable
subject or susceptible:
to be liable to heart disease.
3. liable
likely or apt:
She's liable to get angry.
Etymology: (1535–45; < AF li(er) to bind (< L ligāre) + -able)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) apt(p), liable(p)
at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
"he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget"
2. (adj) liable(p)
subject to legal action
"liable to criminal charges"
3. (adj) liable(p), nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant
(often followed by `to') likely to be affected with
"liable to diabetes"
4. (adj) liable
held legally responsible
"men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service"
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1. (adjective) liable
legally responsible
The father is liable for paying child support.; to hold sb liable for sth
2. liable
liable to
likely to
Everyone's liable to make mistakes.; The world climate is liable to change rapidly.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) liable
bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal
2. (verb) liable
exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident
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Sense: (with to) tending to have, get, suffer from etc
This road is liable to flooding; He is liable to pneumonia.
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 Afrikaans: vatbaar |
 Arabic: مُعَرَّض لِ، ميّال إلى |
 Bulgarian: предразположен |
 Brazilian: sujeito a |
 Czech: vystavený; trpící |
 German: neigend |
 Danish: udsat for; tilbøjelig til |
 Greek: επιρρεπής |
 Spanish: propenso |
 Estonian: kalduv |
 Farsi: در معرض چیزی بودن |
 Finnish: altis |
 French: susceptible de, sujetà |
 Hebrew: עָלוּל, צָפוּי |
 Hindi: दायी |
 Croatian: podložan |
 Hungarian: hajlamos |
 Indonesian: rawan |
 Icelandic: líklegur, hætt við |
 Italian: soggetto a |
 Japanese: ～しがちな |
 Korean: 하기 쉬운 |
 Lithuanian: linkęs į ką |
 Latvian: pakļauts; disponēts |
 Malay: mudah kena |
 Dutch: vatbaar |
 Norwegian: utsatt for, tilbøyelig ti |
 Polish: narażony, podatny |
 Persian: ،در مخاطره بودن در معرض چ |
 Pashto: په خطر كښى اوسيدل |
 Portuguese: sujeito a |
 Romanian: expus la; susceptibil de |
 Russian: подверженный |
 Slovak: vystavený; trpiaci |
 Slovenian: nagnjen (kčemu) |
 Serbian: podložan |
 Swedish: benägen, disponerad för |
 Thai: ที่มีแนวโน้ม |
 Turkish: eğimli |
 Taiwanese: 易遭受...的 |
 Ukrainian: схильний |
 Urdu: مجبور، زد میں |
 Vietnamese: phải chịu cái gì |
 Chinese: 易遭受...的 |
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