flexibility
pronunciation
How to pronounce flexibility in British English:
UK [ˌfleksə'bɪləti]
How to pronounce flexibility in American English:
US [ˌfleksə'bɪləti]
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- Noun:
- the property of being flexible
- the quality of being adaptable or variable
- the trait of being easily persuaded
Word Origin
- flexibility (n.)
- 1610s, of physical things, from French flexibilité (in Old French, "weakness, vacillation") or directly from Late Latin flexibilitatem (nominative flexibilitas), from Latin flexibilis "pliant, yielding" (see flexible). Of immaterial things from 1783.
Example
- 1. The flexibility of the system is a plus .
- 2. This marks a new flexibility in japan 's economy .
- 3. Stretching regularly will help maintain your flexibility and range of motion .
- 4. What had generated such an unprecedented degree of economic flexibility ?
- 5. For economic liberals , that flexibility and dynamism offers europe 's best chance of survival .