"adjustable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-adjustable.wav Forms: more adjustable [comparative], most adjustable [superlative]
Etymology: adjust + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adjust|able}} adjust + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} adjustable (comparative more adjustable, superlative most adjustable)
  1. capable of being adjusted Translations (capable of being adjusted): нагласяем (naglasjaem) (Bulgarian), регулируем (reguliruem) (Bulgarian), ajustable (Catalan), nastavitelný (Czech), aanpasbaar (Dutch), regelbaar (Dutch), säädettävä (Finnish), ajustable (French), réglable (French), axustable (Galician), einstellbar (German), justierbar (German), verstellbar (German), stillanlegur (Icelandic), modificabile (Italian), regolabile (Italian), so-chiartaghey (Manx), ajustável (Portuguese), ajustabil (Romanian), ajustable (Spanish), regulable (Spanish), graduable (Spanish), justerbar (Swedish), inställbar (Swedish), reglerbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-adjustable-en-adj-8G5SyCIS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 80 20 Derived forms: adjustable bend, adjustable hitch, adjustable loop, adjustable pliers, adjustable spanner, adjustable wrench, adjustably, nonadjustable, readjustable, semiadjustable, unadjustable

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-adjustable.wav Forms: adjustables [plural]
Etymology: adjust + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adjust|able}} adjust + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} adjustable (plural adjustables)
  1. Anything that can be adjusted.
    Sense id: en-adjustable-en-noun-CsGihaKl

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