Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.

    Flexibilität

    ги́бкостьgíbkostʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)The quality of having options.

    I had some flexibility in terms of whether to stay in a hotel or in a bed-and-breakfast.

    the quality of being adaptable or variable

Examples

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  1. I admire your flexibility.

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  2. We don't have much flexibility.

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  3. Thank you for your flexibility.

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  4. Tom lacks flexibility.

    ruТому недостаёт гибкости.

    deEs fehlt Tom an Flexibilität.

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  5. Islam has a high level of flexibility.

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Translations

8 languages
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quality of being flexible:
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quality of being flexible:

Origin

From French flexibilité, from Late Latin flexibilitās, from Latin flectō (“to bend, curve”

From French flexibilité, from Late Latin flexibilitās, from Latin flectō (“to bend, curve”). Equivalent to flexible + -ity = flex + -ibility.

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Forms

plural: flexibilities
Singularflexibility
Pluralflexibilities

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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