movable
pronunciation
How to pronounce movable in British English:
UK [ˈmuːvəbl]
How to pronounce movable in American English:
US [ˈmuːvəbl]
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- Adjective:
- (of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
- capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
Word Origin
- movable (adj.)
- also moveable, late 14c., "disposed to movement;" c. 1400, "capable of being moved," from Old French movable, from moveir (see move (v.)). A moveable feast (early 15c.) is one in the Church calendar which, though always on the same day of the week, varies its date from year to year. Related: Movability.
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Example
- 1. Now you have your movable bench , to sit wherever you like .
- 2. Work is about to start on a steel arch-the world 's biggest movable structure-to cover the disintegrating shelter now enclosing the ruins .
- 3. Other reports have recommended putting expensive movable barriers along the east river and the harbour to prevent flooding , as london did on the thames three decades ago .
- 4. Early experiments with movable wings and high mountings led to some spectacular accidents , and for the 1970 season regulations were introduced to limit the size and location of wings .
- 5. That 's the conclusion of a new study that used high-speed videos of lizards and robotic cars to show just how important a movable tail can be for agile , airborne maneuvers .