immovable
English
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Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈmuːvəb(ə)l/
Adjective
immovable (comparative more immovable, superlative most immovable)
- incapable of being physically moved; fixed
- steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 101:
- I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 101:
- not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- (law) not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed
- an immovable estate
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Translations
incapable of being physically moved
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steadfast
(law) not liable to be removed
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Translations
That which can not be moved; something which is immovable
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References
- immovable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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