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Meaning of "adaptability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ADAPTABILITY

adaptability  [əˌdæptəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADAPTABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adaptability is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ADAPTABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Adaptability

Adaptability is a feature of a system or of a process. This word has been put to use as a specialised term in different disciplines and in business operations. Word definitions of adaptability as a specialised term differ little from dictionary definitions. According to Andresen and Gronau adaptability in the field of organisational management can in general be seen as an ability to change something or oneself to fit to occurring changes. In ecology, adaptability has been described as the ability to cope with unexpected disturbances in the environment. However, the word definitions in these fields are just the starting points for detailed analysis of system adaptability. With respect to business and manufacturing systems and processes adaptability has come to be seen increasingly as an important factor for their efficiency and economic success. In contrast, adaptability and efficiency are held to be in opposition to each other in biological and ecological systems, requiring a trade-off, since both are important factors in the success of such systems. To determine the adaptability of a process or a system, it should be validated concerning some criteria.

Definition of adaptability in the English dictionary

The definition of adaptability in the dictionary is the ability to change your ideas or behaviour so that they are suitable for different conditions, a new environment, etc, in order to deal with the new situation successfully. Other definition of adaptability is suitability for use in a variety of situations and for a variety of purposes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADAPTABILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADAPTABILITY

adapt
adaptable
adaptableness
adaptation
adaptational
adaptationally
adaptative
adapted
adaptedness
adapter
adapter ring
adaption
adaptive
adaptive optics
adaptive radiation
adaptively
adaptiveness
adaptivity
adaptogen
adaptogenic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADAPTABILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of adaptability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ADAPTABILITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «adaptability» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of adaptability

Translation of «adaptability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADAPTABILITY

Find out the translation of adaptability to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adaptability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adaptability» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

适应性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adaptabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

adaptability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुकूलनशीलता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القدرة على التكيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

адаптивность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adaptabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপযোগীকরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adaptabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyesuaian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anpassungsfähigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

適応能力
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

적응성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kemampuan adaptasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khả năng thích ứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒத்துப்போகும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनुकूलनक्षमता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

adapte olabilirlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

adattabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

adaptacyjność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

адаптивність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adaptabilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσαρμοστικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanpasbaarheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

anpassningsbarhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilpasningsevne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adaptability

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADAPTABILITY»

The term «adaptability» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.655 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADAPTABILITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adaptability

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4 QUOTES WITH «ADAPTABILITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word adaptability.
1
James F. Amos
There's a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don't mind hardship. We don't mind somebody saying, 'Go in and do this nasty job.' Whatever the job is, we can do it. That's why the nation has a Marine Corps.
2
Kevin McHale
Adaptability is crucial to working on Glee because every day is adapting to something. Because we're doing a different genre of music, doing a different type of scene with a different scene partner, recording and dance rehearsals... no day is like another.
3
Fred Perry
Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.
4
Paul Rand
The principal role of a logo is to identify, and simplicity is its means... Its effectiveness depends on distinctiveness, visibility, adaptability, memorability, universality, and timelessness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADAPTABILITY»

Discover the use of adaptability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adaptability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Adaptability: Responding Effectively to Change
Adaptability has become recognized as a necessary skill for leaders to develop to be effective in this environment. Even so, leaders rarely know what they can do to become more adaptable and foster adaptability in others.
Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), Joan Gurvis, Allan Calarco, 2011
2
Adaptability: The Art of Winning In An Age of Uncertainty
Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win. Fascinating real-world examples from business, government, and sport, military and wider society bring the rules of adaptability to life.
Max McKeown, 2012
3
Adaptability: How to Survive Change You Didn't Ask for
Presents strategies to be able to adapt to change by retraining one's brain to accept new situations and to take affective action.
M. J. Ryan, 2009
4
Human Adaptability: An Introduction to Ecological Anthropology
Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the most complete discussion of environmental, physiological, behavioral, and cultural adaptive ...
Emilio F. Moran, 2009
5
Understanding Adaptability: A Prerequisite for Effective ...
Thus, this volume takes a multi-disciplinary approach to increasing our understanding of adaptability within complex environments by integrating cutting-edge work done by experts in the field and compiling it in one volume.
C. Shawn Burke, Linda G. Pierce, Eduardo Salas, 2006
6
Adaptability of Human Gait: Implications for the Control of ...
Unfortunately most of them focus on locomotor studies done on animals. This edited volume redresses that imbalance by focusing completely on human locomotor behaviour.
A.E. Patla, 1991
7
Developing Cultural Adaptability: How to Work Across Differences
It enables them to interact effectively with people different from themselves, whether these people work on the next floor or on the other side of the world.
Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), Jennifer J. Deal, Don W. Prince, 2011
8
The Flexible Economy: Causes and Consequences of the ...
This book redresses that situation. A prestigious team of contributors address the key theoretical and empirical issues, using a wide range of country studies.
Tony Killick, 1995
9
Visual Coding and Adaptability
C. S. Harris. ing displacing goggles may induce asymmetric postures of the head or eyes, this sort of effect may well account for some or even all of the observations in some adaptation experiments. However, this kind of alteration in position ...
C. S. Harris, 2014
10
Paul and Philodemus: Adaptability in Epicurean and Early ...
This book argues that Paul's guidance of his converts and the psychagogic practices evident in his communities conform to a widespread pedagogical norm of Greco-Roman society seen especially among Epicureans of late Republican times in ...
Clarence E. Glad, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADAPTABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adaptability is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why We Still Love Alice In Wonderland
The adaptability of Lewis Carroll's language, the openness of its story world and the malleable nature of Alice's character all beckon us to return ... «Science 2.0, Jul 15»
2
“My model for business is the Beatles”: Why Steve Jobs was no lone …
Technology—Where did the flexibility and adaptability of Apple's teams come from? From the technology itself. As we've already noted, the ... «Salon, Jul 15»
3
Sheltie love: Teen fosters 28 dogs
Leah-Leah was born with three legs, but the long coat and her adaptability hide it well. “She came in at one week old with her mom and brother ... «The Morning Journal, Jul 15»
4
Tom Humphrey: Henry's hiring shows Haslam's new approach
... man who combines long experience and institutional memory with a recently proven knack for adaptability to changing political environments ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
5
Plantations, deforestation genetically affecting birds in Western Ghats
From differing “songs” styles, to potentially lower adaptability against diseases, human forays into the forests of Western Ghats have led to ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
6
Can social media change education dynamics?
Customised education by educational institutions and ready adaptability by students is changing the paradigm of learning. From recording ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
7
Yuma Ag & You: How much water do you consume a day?
... non-substitutability of the Colorado River water, no other sources available to make up for the loss of river; and non-adaptability of producers ... «Yuma Sun, Jul 15»
8
Federated Farmers: Inquiry at heart of innovation
This is despite ongoing evidence for adaptability. StatisticsNZ data on stock numbers gives evidence: sheep numbers are down and dairy cow ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
9
If ISIS Doesn't Liberate Palestine… Who Will?
With its resilience, on-the-ground “achievements”, adaptability, global franchising, copy-cat knock-offs, chameleon-like adaptations, ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jul 15»
10
How Living Apart Has Made My Spouse And Me Closer Than Ever
Increased flexibility and adaptability aided our strengthening. A year ago, I would have laughed if you had predicted my wife would join me on a ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Adaptability [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/adaptability>. May 2024 ».
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