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ADAPTABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("adaptability" is a kind of...):
ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adaptability"):
flexibility; flexibleness (the quality of being adaptable or variable)
pliability; pliancy; pliantness; suppleness (adaptability of mind or character)
Antonym:
unadaptability (the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances)
Derivation:
adaptable (capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use)
