flexibility
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3.0
- noun
- /flɛkˈsɪbɪlɪti/
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flexibilidad
- The yoga class improved my flexibility, allowing me to perform poses that I couldn't do before.
- lack flexibility
- allow for flexibility
- give flexibility
And where we have some flexibility is in this binary merge step.
- And where we have some flexibility is in this binary merge step.
- And the other thing the Romans do is they focus on flexibility and subdividing their army.
- Where is this lack of flexibility?
- So who is buying these things if they're overpriced and underperforming and lack flexibility?
- We don't have a college degree in mental flexibility, but these are the most important tools.
- This process demands mental flexibility, making it a marker of advanced cognitive skills.
- There just wasn't quite enough flexibility right here in in Loch Urn to do the final deal.
- If you, if you think back to from Stephen Schwartzman's lecture where he mentions that there's no flexibility for getting the numbers wrong.
- What most of you will find is that you have an immediate increase in hamstring flexibility or your range of motion has increased.
- A world where we confuse flexibility with having no needs.
- And these properties could be something's hardness or it's flexibility or it's sharpness.
Examples
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The discipline of ballet promotes balance, flexibility and strength, all useful things in our never-ending fight against crime.
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This process demands mental flexibility, making it a marker of advanced cognitive skills.
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This kind of flexibility has benefits, but it also has costs.
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So flexibility first, then certain strength is needed, right?
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Enhance the flexibility of the labor market.
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Congress has given the president great flexibility in most U.S. sanctions laws.
Academic text (1999) -
We need much better muscle tone, joint flexibility, and less risk for injury.
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Flexibility is often the key, and flexibility does not have to mean watered-down subject matter.
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So if we can combine these, we can enhance flexibility, mobility and collaboration.
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We employed a qualitative approach because it allowed for flexibility in data collection not inherent in traditional research methods.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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3.9
Being able to change and work well in new situations
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5.0
How easily someone or something changes to fit new situations
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6.3
The ability to change or adapt easily in new situations
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4.5
Being able to bend and move the body easily
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3.8
How easy it is to change something to fit different needs
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6.7
A quality of changing easily in mind or body
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4.6
Ability to bend and move the body easily
The ability to change to fit new situations
Easy to bend or shape without breaking
Ability to bend or change easily
Ability of a material to be shaped into a curve without breaking
How easily a material like rubber changes shape without breaking
The ability to change to fit new situations
Antonyms
Compounds
How Flexible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flexibility comes from the root flex meaning 'to bend', the same idea you get when you 'flex' your muscles. So flexibility is the ability to bend or change shape without breaking.