assignable C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˈsaɪnəbl̩/ See IPA manual Freq #375254 Meanings 1 adj Capable of being assigned (all senses). In many programming languages, numeric values are not assignable to string variables. 2 adj Capable of being specified or shown. While, on the one hand, industry is limited by capital, so on the other, every increase of capital gives, or is capable of giving, additional employment to industry ; and this without assignable limit. 3 adj legally transferable to the ownership of another Thesaurus Synonyms 3 adj · legally transferable to the... conveyablenegotiabletransferabletransferrable ↔ Opposites nonassignableunassignable Etymology From assign + -able. Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # assignable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /əˈsaɪnəbl̩/ **Frequency rank:** 375254 ## Meanings 1. Capable of being assigned (all senses). 2. Capable of being specified or shown. 3. legally transferable to the ownership of another ## Examples - In many programming languages, numeric values are not assignable to string variables. - While, on the one hand, industry is limited by capital, so on the other, every increase of capital gives, or is capable of giving, additional employment to industry ; and this without assignable limit. ## Antonyms - nonassignable - unassignable ## Etymology From assign + -able. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown