variable
Able to vary or be varied.
Adjective 4 meanings
Able to vary or be varied.
“variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistor”
Likely to vary.
Marked by diversity or difference.
Having no fixed quantitative value.
Noun 4 meanings
Something that is variable.
Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
“There are several variables to consider here.”
A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
A symbol representing a variable.
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare (“to change”), from varius (“different, various”). Equates to English vary + -able.
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VARIABLE at a glance
VARIABLE has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (V 4 + A 1 + R 1 + I 1 + A 1 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,828 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with variable
All rhymes- ABLE6
- POSSIBLE12
- AVAILABLE14
- TABLE7
- DOUBLE9
- RESPONSIBLE15
- TROUBLE9
- IMPOSSIBLE16
- TERRIBLE10
- COMFORTABLE20
- INCREDIBLE15
- CAPABLE13
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