adjective
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able to change or be changed; fickle
changeable weather
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varying in colour when viewed from different angles or in different lights
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of changeable
Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at change, -able
Vocabulary lists containing changeable
Example Sentences
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Changeable conditions led to a series of crashes, three safety cars and an aborted start.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025
Changeable message signs reminded people to stay behind locked doors.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023
Changeable weather and poor visibility are also challenges that teams are having to contend with.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2023
If Arthur Conan Doyle were writing it, he might call it “The Adventure of the Changeable Detective.”
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2016
Changeable, capricious, untamed, she held him by her faults where virtues would hardly have sufficed in another.
From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard
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