adaptable
/ə'dæptəbl/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of adjusting or being modified to suit new conditions or purposes: Describes a person, thing, or system that can change or be changed easily to fit different situations or requirements.
- Able to adapt: Having the quality of being flexible and responsive to change.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She is very adaptable and can work well in any team.
- The software is highly adaptable to various user needs.
- An adaptable schedule allows for last-minute changes.
Advanced Usage
- "to be adaptable to something": To have the capacity to adjust to a specific condition or use.
- This tool is adaptable to a wide range of materials.
- "prove adaptable": To demonstrate flexibility or the ability to adjust.
- The organization has proved adaptable in the face of new market challenges.
Variants and Related Words
- Adapt (verb): To make suitable or to adjust to new conditions.
- Animals must adapt to their environment to survive.
- Adaptability (noun): The quality of being adaptable.
- Career success often depends on one's adaptability.
- Adaptation (noun): The process of adapting or the result of being adapted.
- The film is an adaptation of a famous novel.
Synonyms
- Flexible: Capable of bending easily without breaking; willing to change or compromise.
- Versatile: Able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.
- Adjustable: Capable of being adjusted or regulated.
Antonyms
- Inflexible: Unwilling to change or compromise; not able to be altered.
- Rigid: Unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not adaptable.
- Unadaptable: Not able to adjust to new conditions.
Adjective
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capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
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to succeed one must be adaptable
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the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths
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