Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
- n. Specifically, in biology, variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
Wiktionary
- n. The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
- n. biology Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality of being adaptable; suitableness.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances
Examples
“But the backing musicians 'adaptability is this revue's great strength: drummers Jim Keltner and Jay Bellerose, bassist Dennis Crouch, guitarists Marc Ribot, Russ Paul and Jackson Smith, mandolinist Mike Compton and keyboardist Keefus Ciancia move effortlessly among styles.”
“Flexibility and adaptability is essential to survival.”
“In its simplest form, adaptability is the ability to rethink your plan when pressure renders it ineffective.”
“Flexibility or adaptability is very important as a leader, and that same ability to change to fit the circumstances might influence one to cheat.”
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“The only thing we seem to have going for us is a certain adaptability and a capacity for survival.”
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“So adaptability is probably the key personality trait and the desire to always be experiencing new things as oppossed to being bored to death with the same ole tried and true. d sfmacaws”
“It is this quality -- "adaptability" -- that allows it to be "kept in tune with the times," as the members of this school of thought sometimes say.”
“My outlook is outstanding, my adaptability is my love of change and alacrity to welcome new things, and resilience?”
“Not only do mice share much of our genetic code, they also share our fundamental adaptability, which is why they're such good subjects for experimentation," says Garner.”
“Britain's business and public sector community is defined in many ways by its adaptability, which is another way of saying its ability to adopt and change.”
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