transcription, транскрипция: [ laɪəb(ə)l ]
1.
When something is liable to happen, it is very likely to happen.
Only a small minority of the mentally ill are liable to harm themselves or others.
PHRASE
2.
If people or things are liable to something unpleasant, they are likely to experience it or do it.
She will grow into a woman particularly liable to depression...
Steroids are used to reduce the inflammation, which makes the muscles of the airways liable to constriction.
= prone
ADJ : v-link ADJ to n
3.
If you are liable for something such as a debt, you are legally responsible for it.
The airline’s insurer is liable for damages to the victims’ families...
As the killings took place outside British jurisdiction, the Ministry of Defence could not be held liable.
ADJ : v-link ADJ , usu ADJ for n
• lia‧bil‧ity
He is claiming damages from London Underground, which has admitted liability but disputes the amount of his claim.
N-UNCOUNT