OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14654

liable

/ˈlaɪ̯əbəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
imputable • responsabilizable • responsabilizado • responsable
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
He inveighed against the folly of making oneself liable for the debts of others; vented many bitter execrations against the brother; and concluded with wishing something could be d…
The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
predispuesto • proclive • propenso • sujeto • susceptible • tendente • tendiente
Subject; susceptible; prone.
A man liable to heart disease.
This crime is liable to imprisonment for life.
probable
Likely.
Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.