movable
/'mu:vəbl/ Cách viết khác : (moveable) /'mu:vəbl/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another: Describes an object that is not fixed and can be physically relocated.
- (Of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand): A legal or formal term distinguishing property that is portable (like furniture) from land and buildings.
Noun:
- Personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc): Refers to the category of physical items that are considered personal, movable assets.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The bookshelf is lightweight and movable.
- In law, a car is considered movable property.
- Noun:
- The will specified how her movables were to be distributed among her children.
- Jewelry and artwork are often listed among a person's valuable movables.
Advanced Usage
- "Movable feast": A religious holiday, the date of which changes from year to year (e.g., Easter).
- "Movable type": In printing, individual letters and characters that can be rearranged for printing.
- Gutenberg's invention of movable type revolutionized communication.
Variants and Related Words
- Moveable: An alternative spelling of 'movable'.
- Immovable (adj.): Fixed; not able to be moved. (Antonym)
- The statue was an immovable part of the garden.
- Movability / Moveability (n.): The quality of being movable.
- The movability of the partitions allows for flexible office layouts.
Synonyms
- Portable: Easy to carry or move.
- Transportable: Capable of being transported.
- Mobile: Able to move or be moved freely.
Antonyms
- Immovable: Fixed; stationary.
- Fixed: Securely placed or fastened; not moving.
- Permanent: Lasting or intended to last indefinitely without change.
Adjective
- capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
- (of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
Noun
- personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)