Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Adaptability |
AdaptabilityNoun1. The ability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adaptability" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | The ability of a robot to carry out a given task in a variable environment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | Ability to develop some form of tolerance to conditions extremely different from those under which. . a living organism. . evolved. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Antonym: unadaptability (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Adaptability |
| Specialty definitions using "adaptability": Cell Survival ♦ FOREST ECOLOGIST ♦ MACHINIST, EXPERIMENTAL, MANAGER, PRODUCTION, SEED CORN, manager, regional, modulating pacemaker ♦ prototype machinist ♦ rate-adaptive, rate-modulated, rate-modulating, rate-responsive, responsive pacemaker, RETURNED-TELEPHONE-EQUIPMENT APPRAISER ♦ sensor-driven, SUPERVISOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, SUPERVISOR, QUALITY CONTROL. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books |
|
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Except where the technology required is highly sophisticated, imports from Denmark and Israel are preferred due to the cheaper prices and adaptability to Kenya's small-scale farms. (references) | |
The perceived advantages of U.S. equipment are its long history of successful application in the United States and its adaptability to Argentine conditions that in many parts replicate those found in the United States. (references) | ||
High quality solutions, adherence to industry standards, vertical market experience, reliable, highly-specialized pre-sales and after-sales service, adaptability to market conditions, value for money, training and timely delivery have also become crucial to ensuring customer satisfaction. (references) | ||
Economic History | Pakistan | Pakistan is a diverse and challenging market requiring adaptability and persistence. (references) |
Hungary | Many foreign investors have praised the productivity, motivation and adaptability of Hungarian workers. (references) | |
Italy | Adaptability to the Italian business and cultural environment and flexibility in setting master license fees are key factors for the successful introduction of a foreign franchise. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Adaptability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Adaptability" is used about 150 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 150 | 25,701 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
adaptability | 27 |
adaptability cohesion evaluation family scale | 3 |
adaptability change employee skill | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "adaptability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përshtatshmëri (adequacy, elasticity, expedience, expediency, fitness, suitability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تكيف (adapt, adaptation, adjust, conform, drug intoxication, fit, modification, pleasure), المتكيفية, التكيفية, التهايئية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | приспособимост (flexibility, pliability), пригодимост, приложимост (feasibility, latitude, practicability, relevance, relevancy, viability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 伸缩性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | adaptabilita, přizpùsobivost (resilience). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | adaptivitet, adaptationsevne, adaptabilitet, tilpasningsevne (plasticity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aanpassingsvermogen (plasticity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | alkonformiĝemo, adaptiĝemo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وفق پذیری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sopeutuvuus (plasticity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | adaptabilité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Anpassungsfähigkeit (action flexibility, adaptiveness, flexibility), Anpassungsmöglichkeit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ικανότητα προσαρμογήσ, προσαρμόσιμο, προσαρμοστικότητα (applicability), προσαρμοστικότης. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ס'ילות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rugalmasság (buoyancy, elasticity, flexibility, give, pliableness, pliancy, resilience, resiliency, springiness, stretch, versatility), hajlékonyság (ductility, elasticity, flexibility, limpness, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, suppleness, tractability, tractableness), felhasználhatóság (availability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | daya penyesuaian. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | adattabilit . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 融通 (accommodation, finance, lending, versatility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ゆうずうむ' (flexibility, versatility), ゆうずう (accommodation, energetically going forward, finance, lending, spirited advance, versatility), ゆうづう (accommodation, finance, lending, versatility), じゅ"のうせい, じゅ"のうりょく (capacity for adaptation), へ"つう (resourcefulness), てきおうせい, え"て"かつ つ (tact, versatility), "りょくせい (elasticity, flexibility, resilience). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 응성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | so-lhoobaght (buoyancy, elasticity, facility, flexibility, malleability, plasticity, pliability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adaptabilityay adaptabilidade. (various references) adaptabilitate (elasticity). (various references) приспособляемость (capacity for adjustments), применимость (aplicability, applicability). (various references) prilagodljivost (versatility). (various references) adaptabilidad (adaptivity, compliance). (various references) anpassningsförmåga (plasticity). (various references) adapte olabilirlik, uyma yeteneği. (various references) здатність пристосовуватися, пристосовність (adaptation). (various references) tính có thể tra v o (adaptableness), tính có thể lắp v o khả năng phỏng theo được (adaptableness), khả năng thích ứng (adaptableness), khả năng sửa lại được cho hợp khả năng thích nghi (adaptableness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Adaptability" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adaptibility. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adaptability" (pronounced uda'ptubi"lutē) |
| 9 | -p t u b i" l u t ē | acceptability, susceptibility. |
| 8 | -t u b i" l u t ē | compatibility, convertibility, deductibility, electability, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, instability, irritability, marketability, palatability, portability, predictability, profitability, respectability, stability, suitability, unpredictability. |
| 7 | -u b i" l u t ē | ability, accessibility, admissibility, advisability, affordability, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, comparability, comprehensibility, credibility, culpability, debility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, durability, eligibility, enforceability, fallibility, feasibility, flammability, flexibility, gullibility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, infallibility, inflexibility, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, miscibility, permeability, plausibility, possibility, probability, readability, reliability, responsibility, sensibility, survivability, sustainability, transferability, unavailability, unreliability, variability, viability, visibility, vulnerability. |
| 6 | -b i" l u t ē | immobility, mobility, nobility. |
| 5 | -i" l u t ē | agility, civility, docility, ductility, facility, fertility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, incivility, infertility, motility, nonutility, senility, sterility, tranquility, utility, versatility, virility, volatility. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | abnormality, accountability, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, credulity, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, fidelity, finality, formality, frivolity, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, incredulity, individuality, inequality, infidelity, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, polity, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, reality, seasonality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-d-i-i-l-p-t-t-y" | |
-4 letters: battalia, pitiably. | |
-5 letters: ability, tilapia. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 61 70 74 61 62 69 6C 69 74 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. .- .--. - .- -... .. .-.. .. - -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01100001 01110000 01110100 01100001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d a p t a b i l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0061 0070 0074 0061 0062 0069 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357067828667687578758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
