movable
movable Lexical Profile
movable Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Capable of being moved, lifted, or shifted from one place or position to another.
"The classroom was designed with movable partitions to accommodate different group sizes."
Varying in date from year to year (especially of a religious feast day or holiday such as Easter).
"Easter is a movable feast whose date is determined by the lunar calendar."
Designating personal property that can be moved from place to place, as opposed to real estate or land.
"The legal settlement divided both the family land and all movable assets equally among the heirs."
• noun
An article of personal property, such as furniture or household goods, that can be moved from one place to another (usually used in the plural).
"Before selling the estate, the family auctioned off most of the household movables."
Word Nuance & Usage
Both "movable" and "moveable" are accepted spellings in modern English, though "movable" is more common in American English and in legal and historical contexts (such as "movable type").
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English "mouvable", borrowed from Old French "movable", from the verb "movoir" (to move), which derives from Latin "movere".