Meaning

4 senses
  1. Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

    biegsam, flexibel, elastisch

    ги́бкийgíbkij

    гнучки́йhnučkýj, гну́чийhnúčyj

    bending and snapping back readily without breaking

  2. Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.

    fügsam, flexibel, elastisch

    покла́дистыйpokládistyj, пода́тливыйpodátlivyj

    ла́гіднийláhidnyj, покла́дливийpokládlyvyj, посту́пливийpostúplyvyj

  3. Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.

    You can't always get what you want: you need to learn to be flexible.

  4. Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.

    a flexible language

    flexibel, dehnbar, weich

    ги́бкийgíbkij

    capable of being changed

Examples

116 sentences
  1. My body isn't as flexible as it used to be.

    Моє тіло не таке гнучке, як колись.

    deMein Körper ist nicht so biegsam wie früher.

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  2. You have to be flexible.

    Ти маєш бути гнучким.

    ruТы должен быть гибким.

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  3. How flexible is your schedule?

    Наскільки гнучкий твій графік?

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  4. Tom is flexible.

    Том гнучкий.

    deTom ist flexibel.

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  5. We're very flexible.

    Ми дуже гнучкі.

    ruМы очень гибкие.

    deWir sind sehr flexibel.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
easily bent without breaking:
easy and compliant:
Русский
By meaning 2
easily bent without breaking:
easy and compliant:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
easily bent without breaking:
easy and compliant:
capable or being adapted or molded:

Origin

From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”). Morpho

From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.

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