adaptable
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- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdæptəbəl/
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Adjective edit
adaptable (comparative more adaptable, superlative most adaptable)
- Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
- Antonyms: unadaptable, inadaptable
- 1901, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Frobishers:
- Joan was adaptable, and easily fell in with the prevalent tone. She played her small jokes on each, and this readily dissolved restraint, and put all on terms of easy friendship.
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capable of adapting or of being adapted
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References edit
- “adaptable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan edit
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adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonym: inadaptable
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- “adaptable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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adaptable (plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonym: inadaptable
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- “adaptable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
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adaptable m or f (plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonyms: inadaptable, inadaptábel
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- “adaptable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Scots edit
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adaptable (comparative mair adaptable, superlative maist adaptable)
References edit
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Spanish edit
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adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonym: inadaptable
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “adaptable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014