adaptive
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4.9
- adjective
- /əˈdæptɪv/
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adaptativo
- The team's adaptive approach allowed them to tackle unexpected challenges during the project.
- adaptive behavior
- adaptive functioning
- an adaptive system
There's got to be some kind of adaptive advantage to it.
- There's got to be some kind of adaptive advantage to it.
- And that's when you need the adaptive explanation, right?
- Play is what is the creative aspect or the adaptive aspect of your job?
- But the real power of the adaptive controller comes here.
- Fear and panic are clearly adaptive in appropriate circumstances.
- Doesn't it suggest that they are both adaptive, perhaps in different ways?
- No, they're not sure if it was adaptive or reproductive.
- And that's probably adaptive and a good thing.
- That is a profound adaptive process that we don't even have a name for.
- Now, presumably our sense of the flow of time should be adaptive as well.
- And so they they're always using these extraordinary, you know, adaptive tools.
- Is one of your brand values adaptive apparel for differently abled people?
Examples
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Fear and panic are clearly adaptive in appropriate circumstances.
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A rainforest, the immune system, the economy, and a developing embryo are examples of complex adaptive systems.
Fiction book (1999) -
And this is where the adaptive nature of planning is central.
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And that is something that obviously is highly adaptive in many circumstances.
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OK, today we're going to talk about adaptive genetic change.
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A stress response is a really adaptive response.
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We're all highly adaptive creatures, Honey.
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What's the value, what's the adaptive value of that behaviour?
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They're clearly a highly adaptive species.
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An assessment should examine the wide variety of adaptive behaviors involved in functional daily living activities.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.4
Able to change or be changed to fit different situations
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5.4
Able to recover quickly after problems or hard times
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3.4
Able to change to fit new situations
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4.8
Willing to help others and change plans for them
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3.4
Able to change easily and deal with new situations
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6.8
Ready to change or compromise to help others and keep peace
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8.3
Able to change appearance or behaviour easily to fit different situations
Able to change to fit new conditions
Able to bend and change without breaking
Relating to changes that help a plant, animal, or person survive
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
One species changes into many species that live in different places or do different jobs in nature
How Adaptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word adaptive comes from the Latin verb adaptare, made from ad- 'to' and apt 'fit', and you can see the same root in the English word apt meaning 'suitable'. So, to be adaptive is to be able to 'fit' or change to new situations.