a·dapt·a·ble

(ə-dăp′tə-bəl)

adj.

Capable of adapting or of being adapted.

a·dapt′a·bil′i·ty, a·dapt′a·ble·ness n.

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Noun

adaptability - the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances

flexibility, flexibleness - the quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement"

pliability, pliancy, pliantness, suppleness - adaptability of mind or character; "he was valued for his reliability and pliability"; "he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization"

ability - the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

unadaptability - the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances

adaptability

noun flexibility, versatility, resilience, variability, convertibility, plasticity, malleability, pliability, changeability, pliancy, adjustability, compliancy, modifiability, adaptableness, alterability The adaptability of wool is one of its great attractions.

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Translations

قَابِلِيَّة التَكَيُّف

přizpůsobivost

fleksibilitettilpasningsevne

Anpassungsfähigkeit

sopeutumiskykysopeutuvuus

adaptabilité

alkalmazkodási képesség

aîlögunarhæfni

adattabilità adattabilit...

tilpasningsevne

adaptabilidade

adaptabilitate

prispôsobivosť

uyum sağlayabilme

适应性

adaptability

[əˌdæptəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → adaptabilidad f, capacidad f para adaptarse or acomodarse

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adaptability

[əˌdæptəˈbɪlɪti] n → faculté f d'adaptation

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adaptability

n (of plant, animal, person) → Anpassungsfähigkeit f; (of vehicle, hairstyle) → Vielseitigkeit f; (of schedule) → Flexibilität f

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adaptability

[əˌdæptəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → adattabilità, capacità di adattamento

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adapt

(əˈdӕpt) verb

to change or alter (so as to fit a different situation etc). She always adapted easily to new circumstances; He has adapted the play for television.

ˌadapˈtation (ӕ-) noun

aˈdaptable adjective

willing or able to change to fit in with different circumstances. Children are usually very adaptable.

aˌdaptaˈbility noun

aˈdaptor noun

a device which enables an electrical plug of one type to be used in a socket of another type, or several plugs to be used in the same socket at the same time.

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Of that story I will only say that it struck many people by its adaptability to the stage and that I was induced to dramatize it under the title of "One Day More"; up to the present my only effort in that direction.

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Her nature was full of adaptability, fluidity, receptivity.

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After all he must be possessed of a wonderful measure of adaptability.

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It marked his adaptability, his capacity to adjust himself to changing conditions, the lack of which would have meant swift and terrible death.

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In his fondness for society and his adaptability to all grades, Mr.

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Yet this result was predetermined by the stubborn tenacity and numerical superiority of the conquered people and by the easy adaptability of the Norman temperament.

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H2: The degree of mental model change mediates the relationship between cultural adaptability and psychological wellbeing.

Cultural Adaptability and Mental Model Change in Cultural Adaptation

The authors hypothesized that the association between these 2 types of self-focused attention and career anxiety would be mediated by career adaptability on the basis of a career construction model of adaptation.

Self-Focused Attention and Career Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Career Adaptability

Career adaptability is a psychological construct that indicates an individual's readiness and resources for coping with current and anticipated tasks of vocational development, career change, and work-related trauma (Savickas, 2005).

Career decision-making self-efficacy mediates the effect of social support on career adaptability: A longitudinal study

Effect of the GE interaction can be reduced by recommending more stable and well-adapted genotypes to be used in different environments through adaptability and phenotypic stability analyses.

Analysis of the adaptability of black bean cultivars by means of quantile regression/ Analise da adaptabilidade de cultivares de feijao preto por meio de regressao quantilica