Definitions for flexible
ˈflɛk sə bəlflex·i·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.3 / 3 votes

1. flexibleadjective

   capable of being changed

   "flexible schedules"

2. flexible, flexileadjective

   able to flex; able to bend easily

   "slim flexible birches"

3. elastic, flexible, pliable, pliantadjective

   able to adjust readily to different conditions

   "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"

4. flexible, whippyadjective

   bending and snapping back readily without breaking

5. compromising, conciliatory, flexibleadjective

   making or willing to make concessions

   "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flexiblenoun

   Something that is flexible

2. flexibleadjective

   Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle.

   When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -William Shakespeare

3. flexibleadjective

   Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.

4. flexibleadjective

   Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.

   This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.

5. Etymology: From flexibilis, from flecto. Compare French flexible.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FLEXIBLEadjective

   Etymology: flexibilis, Latin; flexible, French.

   1. Possible to be bent; not brittle; easy to be bent; pliant; not stiff.

   When splitting winds
   Make flexible the knees of knotted oaks. William Shakespeare, Troil. and Cress.

   Take a stock-gillyflower and tie it upon a stick, and put them both into a stoop glass full of quicksilver, so that the flower be covered: after four or five days you shall find the flower fresh, and the stalk harder and less flexible than it was. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 796.

   2. Not rigid; not inexorable; complying; obsequious.

   Phocyon was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. Francis Bacon.

   3. Ductile; manageable.

   Under whose care soever a child is put to be taught, during the tender and flexible years of his life, it should be one who thinks Latin and language the least part of education. John Locke.

   4. That may be accommodated to various forms and purposes.

   This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. John Rogers.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Flexibleadjective

   capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle

2. Flexibleadjective

   willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering

3. Flexibleadjective

   capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flexible

   fleks′i-bl, Flexile, fleks′il, adj. easily bent: pliant: docile.—v.t. Flex, to bend or make a flexure of.—adjs. Flexan′imous, influencing the mind; Flexed, bent.—ns. Flex′ibleness, Flexibil′ity, pliancy: easiness to be persuaded.—adv. Flex′ibly.—ns. Flex′ion, Flec′tion, a bend: a fold: the action of a flexor muscle; Flex′or, a muscle which bends a joint, as opposed to Extensor.—adjs. Flex′ūous, Flex′ūose, of windings and turnings: variable.—n. Flex′ūre, a bend or turning: (math.) the curving of a line or surface: the bending of loaded beams: (Shak.) obsequious bowing. [L. flexibilis, flexilis—flectĕre, flexum, to bend.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flexible

   Able to change or adjust where just and fair.

   Flexible working hours is always wise.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flexible

   pliable; with elastic properties.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'flexible' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3930

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'flexible' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4660

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'flexible' in Adjectives Frequency: #526

How to pronounce flexible?

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How to say flexible in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flexible in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flexible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of flexible in a Sentence

1. Ayodeji Ebo:

   The cheering news is that the central bank has come to realise that we need a flexible exchange rate regime rather than the fixed regime.

2. Bob Rucho:

   We opened up more locations for them to vote, more times to vote, more flexible times.

3. Claire Boogaard:

   We want to encourage everyone to just be flexible, because that's actually what the science requires, the reality is, there are a lot of variables at play.

4. Neha Bagaria:

   ' Flexible' used to be a bad word for recruiters, it really took the pandemic to gain an acceptance for work from home roles.

5. Native American Prayer:

   And the wind said May you be as strong as the oak, yet flexible as the birch may you stand as tall as the redwood, live gracefully as the willow and may you always bear fruit all your days on this earth.

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