ALL meanings of liable
li·a·ble
L l - adjective liable legally responsible: You are liable for the damage caused by your action. 1
- adjective liable subject or susceptible: to be liable to heart disease. 1
- adjective liable likely or apt: He's liable to get angry. 1
- noun liable Liable is often interchangeable with likely in constructions with a following infinitive where the sense is that of probability: The Sox are liable (or likely) to sweep the Series. Some usage guides, however, say that liable can be used only in contexts in which the outcome is undesirable: The picnic is liable to be spoiled by rain. This use occurs often in formal writing but not to the exclusion of use in contexts in which the outcome is desirable: The drop in unemployment is liable to stimulate the economy. Apt may also be used in place of liable or likely in all the foregoing examples. See also apt, likely. 1
- adjective liable legally responsible 1
- preposition liable accountable for 1
- expression liable likely to do sth 1
- expression liable vulnerable 1
- noun liable Responsible by law; legally answerable. 1
- adjective liable If people or things are liable to something unpleasant, they are likely to experience it or do it. 0
- adjective liable If you are liable for something such as a debt, you are legally responsible for it. 0
- adjective liable legally obliged or responsible; answerable 0
- adjective liable susceptible or exposed; subject 0
- adjective liable probable, likely, or capable 0
- adjective liable legally bound or obligated, as to make good any loss or damage that occurs in a transaction; responsible 0
- adjective liable likely to have, suffer from, etc.; exposed to or subject to 0
- adjective liable subject to the possibility of; likely (to do, have, get, etc. something unpleasant or unwanted) 0
- adjective liable If you are liable for something, you are legally responsible for paying the cost of it. 0