immovable
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From im- + movable.
Pronunciation
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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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Related terms
Translations
incapable of being physically moved
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steadfast
impassive
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(law) not liable to be removed
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Noun
immovable (plural immovables)
- that which can not be moved; something which is immovable
Translations
That which can not be moved; something which is immovable
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References
- “immovable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.