Pronunciations (2)
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/əˈdæptəbəl/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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əˈdæptəbəl
Pronunciation notes
- US
Adjective
Capable of being adapted.
- Antonyms
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an adaptable electric plug for international use
Willing or able to adapt to circumstances; flexible.
- Antonyms
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She had had to turn out of her own room to accommodate him, but if one kept an apartment-house one had to be adaptable; […]
More examples (1)
Joan was adaptable, and easily fell in with the prevalent tone. She played her small jokes on each, and this readily dissolved restraint, and put all on terms of easy friendship.
Adjective
capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
- Antonyms
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to succeed one must be adaptable
the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths