LIABLEとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈlaɪ̯əbəl/, [ˈlaɪ̯əbɫ̩], [ˈlaɪ̯əbəɫ]
• 韻: -aɪəbəl

形容詞

liable (comparative more liable, superlative most liable)

1. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.

   The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.

   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 34:
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     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 done for the unfortunate family.
     The passion for philosophy, like that for religion, seems liable to this inconvenience

   • 2025 January 30, Tessa Solomon, “AI Art Lacking ‘Human Expression’ Cannot Be Copyrighted, US Officials Say”, in ARTnews‎:

     The document states that despite its ongoing advancements, generative AI is liable to the United States’s current copyright principles, which take a strict stance on what material—human- or machine-made—qualifies for protection.

2. Subject; susceptible; prone.

   This crime is liable to imprisonment for life.

   A man liable to heart disease.

   • 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎, London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 211:

     ☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth; […]

3. Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.

   Electronic devices are liable to malfunction when exposed to extreme heat.

4. (predicative, with to-infinitive) Likely.

   Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

派生語

関連する語

• liability
• oblige
• reliable

アナグラム

• Belial, Biella, alible, labile