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adaptablea‧dapt‧a‧ble /əˈdæptəbəl/ AWL adjective [usually after noun]   - Children are often more adaptable than adults.
- I'm not sure Ken's adaptable enough to take a job abroad.
- In this job you need to be adaptable and able to cope with unexpected situations.
- Red deer are hardy, adaptable animals.
- Young children are highly adaptable -- I'm sure they won't mind moving to a different area.
- A landmark endures because it is timeless, adaptable to the ever-changing needs of society.
- As already stated, a system whose parts vary in a more independent manner is more adaptable.
- I am good-humoured, adaptable and I can understand instructions.
- It was not a Rolls-Royce, but a practical working and adaptable system.
- Professional markers are a superb sketching medium, adaptable to a great many styles and very fast to use.
- They were charming women, well-bred, gentle, and very adaptable.
- This was a younger, more adaptable specimen; it succeeded where the older one had failed.
easy to change► flexible methods, systems, or rules that are flexible can easily be changed if necessary: · We need a flexible management system, able to meet the changing needs of our customers.· Unions would like more flexible working hours to replace the nine-to-five, forty-hour week.· The rules are deliberately left flexible as each case is different. ► adaptable a system or way of doing something that is adaptable can be changed so that it is suitable for very different uses and very different situations: · In this job you need to be adaptable and able to cope with unexpected situations.highly adaptable (=very adaptable): · Young children are highly adaptable -- I'm sure they won't mind moving to a different area. willing to change the way you do something► flexible willing to change your ideas, plans, or methods according to the situation: · If you're looking for a job you need to be flexible about where you're prepared to work.· He said the key to his business success was not forgetting to stay flexible. ► adaptable someone who is adaptable does not get upset or annoyed if they have to change the way they do things, and easily gets used to new situations: · Children are often more adaptable than adults.· I'm not sure Ken's adaptable enough to take a job abroad. ADVERB► more· We have to live with uncertainty and we have to a far more adaptable than previous generations.· This was a younger, more adaptable specimen; it succeeded where the older one had failed.· Tomorrow's workers will have to be more adaptable, but their employment prospects should be brighter.· As already stated, a system whose parts vary in a more independent manner is more adaptable.· Proctor & Gamble run 18 team-based plants which are between 30 and 40% more productive and more adaptable than conventional plants.· It was more adaptable and was less expensive as it had the quality of being effective, whether richly ornamented or not.· In this way, conventional practices are rationalized and so made more adaptable, as both Brumfit and Krashen point out.· Since decisions are quicker, they are also more adaptable, and easier to change in the light of unforeseen circumstances which may arise. nounadaptabilityadaptationadapteradaptoradjectiveadaptableadaptedverbadapt able to change in order to be successful in new and different situations:  The American Constitution has proved adaptable in changing political conditions.adaptable to The catfish is adaptable to a wide range of water conditions.—adaptability /əˌdæptəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable] |