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liable
/ˈlaɪəbəl/
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What does liable mean?
adjective
- Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
- Subject; susceptible; prone.
- Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- Likely.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlaɪəbəl/
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The females were less numerous than the males, and liable to much furtive persecution in spite of the monogamy the Law enjoined.
It is not however, that the full-grown man is not liable to be checked, reprimanded and rebuked, even as the schoolboy is.
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But the belts were liable to slip a great deal in the process, and the chafing of the belts charred them badly.
Rudimentary organs in the individuals of the same species are very liable to vary in degree of development and in other respects.
The intoxicated person is also liable to falls, and is not so likely to protect himself in falling as a sober person.