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Definitions for adaptable
əˈdæp tə bəladapt·able

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. adaptableadjective

    capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use

    "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths"

Wiktionary

  1. adaptableadjective

    Capable of adapting or of being adapted.

ChatGPT

  1. adaptable

    Adaptable refers to having the ability or capacity to adjust or change oneself to suit different conditions, environments, or situations. It denotes flexibility and versatility to deal with unexpected challenges or changes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Adaptableadjective

    capable of being adapted

Wikidata

  1. Adaptable

    Adjusting readily to different conditions.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of adaptable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of adaptable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of adaptable in a Sentence

  1. Charles Robert Darwin:

    It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent it is the one that is most adaptable to change.

  2. Gavin Naylor:

    If you have got lots of different species and each species is supposed to occur in a distinctly different habitat, then you have to be very careful about preserving each of those species, if you find out that, in fact, it’s one species that is distributed over a wider area, then there is not quite so much pressure to conserve every single one of those different species because they are all the same thing. It also tells us this very same species is adaptable to living in different environments. It can live in Pakistan. It can live in Borneo and it can live in Myanmar.

  3. Lu Hao:

    It is most important that we have to train those transferred workers with new skills, create new market opportunities and encourage their willingness to run their own businesses, they have expressed their willingness to learn new skills but some are not adaptable, which requires our local governments, party and enterprises to help them to learn new skills and find new job opportunities.

  4. Tim Smith:

    I think people, COVID or not, are looking for a more adaptable work environment. R. Riveter is embracing being flexible as a strength rather than a burden, i think it will be a growing part of every industry.

  5. Anonymous:

    l'adaptabilité est le secret de la survie. Selon Charles Darwin, ni le plus fort ni le plus intelligent mais seulement les espèces les plus adaptables gagne à la fin. Alors faites de votre mieux pour être le plus adaptable, dans votre vie personnelle autant que dans les relations professionnelles. Qui est le secret de la survie et de succès!" - Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate.

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