adaptability
- noun
- /əˌdæp.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
- The emergence of Suzuki preschools underscores the adaptability of educational concepts to early learning in general.
- adaptability and flexibility
- adaptability and cohesion
- adaptability and mood
There is no, there is no adaptability of that foot to the surface.
- There is no, there is no adaptability of that foot to the surface.
- And the whole thing that I'm saying here is that you have the adaptability to change.
- And, you know, it's, it's, it really is, is going to take a lot of adaptability, a lot of patience, a lot of empathy.
- So adaptability, absolutely the number one requirement.
- So adaptability, flexibility, absolutely the number one requirement.
- You know, adaptability is something that I believe in all my heart is one of the most important character traits that we can attain in this world.
- It's a brilliant book and she talks a lot about adaptability and she talks a lot about being like water, and being like water allows us to.
- Is this, it's what gives us adaptability and helps us converge on, you know, the technologies and things to do that are most good.
- It's like, Oh my God, we are just this little delegated adaptability of this massive project.
- And, And so for many years, HIV research really honed in and focused on HIV as a measure of adaptability and resilience.
Examples
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Of course, problem-solving, ingenuity, and adaptability are traits essential to the story of modern technology.
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You know, adaptability is something that I believe in all my heart is one of the most important character traits that we can attain in this world.
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And the whole thing that I'm saying here is that you have the adaptability to change.
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Students also learn adaptability and flexibility in situations where there may be multiple correct solutions.
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For people, As for economies, adaptability and flexibility count for a great deal.
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Difficult children are described as irregular, low in adaptability, withdrawn, intense, and negative.
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Is it necessary for the gifted to sacrifice social adaptability or relationships in order to completely fulfill their potential?
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You know, there's so much change and, and adaptability is fundamentally one of the things that humanity has as its, you know, keystone advantage.
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Reuven Bar-On (1997) conceptualized EI as consisting of five dimensions: intrapersonal, interpersonal, adaptability, stress management, and general mood.
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Her adaptability to different work environments has helped her succeed in various jobs.
Synonyms
Ability to change plans or actions easily to fit new situations
How easily someone or something changes to fit new situations
The ability to change or adapt easily in new situations
Ability to change easily to new situations
Being able to change ideas or plans easily
A quality of changing easily in mind or body
Able to change opinions or plans easily
The ability to change to fit new situations
The ability to change to fit new situations
Ability to bend or change easily
How well something fits a place or purpose
Changing how you act and look to fit different people or places
Antonyms
How Adaptable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Adaptability comes from adapt, which is made of ad- meaning 'to' and apt meaning 'fit', plus the ending -ability meaning 'can'. So being adaptable is like being able to 'fit' into new situations, which is why adaptability means the ability to adjust to change.