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

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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