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Dictionary: al·ter·a·ble   (ôl'tər-ə-bəl) pronunciation
 
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adj.

That can be altered: alterable clothing; alterable conditions of employment.

alterability al'ter·a·bil'i·ty or al'ter·a·ble·ness n.
alterably al'ter·a·bly adv.
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adjective

    Capable of or liable to change: changeable, fluid, inconstant, mutable, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant. Archaic various. See change/persist.

 
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic
  Antonym: unalterable (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: (law) of a sentence; capable of being changed to one less severe

 
 
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