COMMUTABLE

commutable

(adjective) subject to alteration or change; “the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment”

commutable, substitutable

(adjective) capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

commutable (comparative more commutable, superlative most commutable)

Capable of being commuted.

Source: Wiktionary


Com*mut"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. commutabilis.]

Definition: Capable of being commuted or interchanged. The predicate and subject are not commutable. Whately.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 January 2025

ELOQUENCE

(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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