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movable
Movable (adj) means Able to be shifted or carried from place to place, rather than staying fixed.
adj
1
Able to be shifted or carried from place to place, rather than staying fixed.
"The owners had supplied the vessel with a movable derrick for the purpose of raising the gangways of the vessel when in port, in order to discharge cargo."
— Henry Billings Brown, The Osceola (1902)
2
Falling on a different date from one year to the next, rather than a fixed one.
"This feast is movable - its date varies from year to year."
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Etymology
From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move + -able.
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What is the meaning of movable?
"movable" (adj) means able to be shifted or carried from place to place, rather than staying fixed.
What is another word for movable?
Other words for "movable" include transportable, transferable, transferrable, moveable.
What is the opposite of movable?
Opposites of "movable" include static, stationary, immobile, fixed, immovable.
What are the different meanings of movable?
"movable" has 2 main meanings: 1. Able to be shifted or carried from place to place, rather than staying fixed; 2. Falling on a different date from one year to the next, rather than a fixed one.
