noun
Meaning 1
the condition of being changeable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
changeableness
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noun
Meaning 2
the condition of being able to suffer some changes
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noun
Meaning 3
the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the changeableness of the weather
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: changeability
Antonyms: changelessness
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: commutability, transmutability, fluidity, fluidness, reversibility, shiftiness, inconstancy, changefulness, variability, variableness, variance, exchangeability, interchangeability, interchangeableness, fungibility, progressiveness, progressivity, mutability, mutableness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English changeable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English changeableness From changeable + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Georgian: ცვალებადობა (cvalebadoba) — the condition of being changeable
- Greek: μεταβλητότητα (metavlitótita) — the condition of being changeable
- Irish: luaineacht — the condition of being changeable
- Italian: mutevolezza — the condition of being changeable
- Italian: mutabilità — the condition of being changeable
- Italian: instabilità — the condition of being changeable
- Latin: mōbilitas — the condition of being changeable
- Latin: inconstantia — the condition of being changeable
- Manx: caghlaaid — the condition of being changeable
- Ossetian: ивгӕдзинад (ivgæʒinad) — the condition of being changeable
- Russian: изме́нчивость (izménčivostʹ) — the condition of being changeable
- Russian: переме́нчивость (pereménčivostʹ) — the condition of being changeable