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UK
/ɐdˈæptəbəl/
]
[ US /əˈdæptəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /əˈdæptəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
to succeed one must be adaptable
the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths
How To Use adaptable In A Sentence
- Energetic, adaptable, never tiring airmen are at the core of the Air Force.
- The diverse management jobs and duties demanded in a project are to the full accounted and are adaptable to accommodate the complexness of the project and accomplishments of the establishment. Undefined
- Is your new house adaptable? Times, Sunday Times
- Smith's style has an agitated energy that is nicely extended to the Chalfens, but it is rather unadaptable, or at least unadapted to the book's more nuanced characters, who are seen in the same constant light.
- (e) Finally, they are adaptable for use over a wide power range from one kw pumping systems to multimegawatt power stations. Chapter 15
- The electricians had contrived a catchment pool and a wheel in the torrent close at hand -- for the little Mulhausen dynamo with its turbinal volute used by the telegraphists was quite adaptable to water driving, and on the sixth day in the evening the apparatus was in working order and the Prince was calling -- weakly, indeed, but calling -- to his air-fleet across the empty spaces of the world. The War in the Air
- Farmer based technology such as agroforestry techniques, fodder banks, development of vegetative erosion control barriers, utilization of crop wastes, increased planting of leguminous trees and pasture crops are techniques that are readily adaptable. 1. Intensive sustainable livestock production: an alternative to tropical deforestation.
- Heuchera americana, or alum root, is adaptable to sun or shade, given sufficient moisture.
- I'm a very adaptable person who is quick to take criticisms on board and improve myself. The Sun
- Architectural principles building for the long term adaptable and flexible fit the place build beautifully build in context Sustainability and Tradition « Stephen Rees's blog