flexibleadjective
uk/ˈflek.sə.bəl/us/ˈflek.sə.bəl/flexible adjective (ABLE TO CHANGE)
B2 able to change or be changed easily according to the situation:
My schedule is flexible - I could arrange to meet with you any day next week.
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- The European Union should remain flexible enough to assimilate more countries quickly.
- "If they're flexible, we're flexible", the official was quoted as saying.
- Warships are flexible in operation and can travel the seas freely.
- Computer generated models are more flexible and less expensive to build than physical models.
- The constitution is flexible enough to change as the organization develops.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Adapting and modifying
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- accommodate
- acculturate
- acculturation
- adjustment
- amendment
- beat
- chameleon
- change with/keep up with/move with the times idiom
- configure
- doctor
- liberty
- native
- put sth forward
- readjust
- ring
- ring the changes (on) idiom
- supple
- tailored
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flexible adjective (ABLE TO BEND)
C2 able to bend or to be bent easily without breaking:
Rubber is a flexible substance.
Dancers and gymnasts need to be very flexible (= able to bend their bodies easily).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Flexible, loose and yielding
- adrift
- bendable
- bendy
- ductile
- elastic
- jointed
- loose
- loose-fitting
- loosely
- looseness
- malleable
- plastic
- spring
- springy
- sprung
- stretch
- stretchy
- supple
- tensile
- yield
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flexibility
noun [ U ] uk/ˌflek.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌflek.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
Examples
- The standards were established to allow greater flexibility in court decisions.
- The policy resulted in a lack of economic flexibility.
- The regulations do not permit much flexibility.
- The schedule doesn't allow much flexibility.
- He showed great flexibility and carried out a variety of tasks.
B2
The advantage of this system is its flexibility.
You can improve your flexibility by exercising.
flexibly
adverb uk/ˈflek.sə.bli/us/ˈflek.sə.bli/
Today's schedule of events is organized flexibly so that people can decide for themselves what they want to do.