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# adaptable

«adaptable» in Mova's school dictionary: **able to change to suit new situations or places** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (adaptable, more adaptable, most adaptable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Adaptable means able to change to suit new situations or places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adaptable/#m1)

2) An adaptable thing can be changed for different uses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adaptable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons it describes animals and plants that survive in many habitats, like foxes and rats. In everyday life it praises people who cope well with change, like moving school. Phrases: highly adaptable, adaptable to.

### examples

- Foxes are adaptable and live in both cities and forests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adaptable/#x1)
- Be adaptable when plans change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adaptable/#x2)
- This adaptable table can be made bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adaptable/#x3)
- Humans are very adaptable animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adaptable/#x4)
- Good teachers are adaptable to every pupil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adaptable/#x5)
- The adaptable plant grows in sun or shade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adaptable/#x6)

### note

From adapt + -able. Noun: adaptability; adaptation (science: a feature that helps a living thing survive). Do not confuse adapt with adopt (to take as your own).

### In the corpora

- [In many stories foxes are sly tricksters, because real foxes are clever and adaptable, eat almost anything and learn quickly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/215-foxes-and-squirrels/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «adaptable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adaptable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.