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adaptive

a·dap·tive
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-dap-tiv]
    • /əˈdæp tɪv/
    • /əˈdæp.tɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-dap-tiv]
    • /əˈdæp tɪv/

Definitions of adaptive word

  • adjective adaptive Adaptive means having the ability or tendency to adapt to different situations. 3
  • adjective adaptive showing adaptation 3
  • adjective adaptive able to adapt 3
  • adjective adaptive Adaptive is used to describe systems that can change their parameters as the conditions change. 3
  • adjective adaptive serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon. 1
  • noun adaptive Characterized by or given to adaptation. 1
See all 10 definitions of adaptive

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Origin of adaptive

First appearance:

before 1815
One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25; adapt + -ive

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Parts of speech for Adaptive

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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adaptive popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for adaptive

adj adaptive

  • flexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
  • robust — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
All 2 Synonyms of adaptive

Antonyms for adaptive

adjective adaptive

  • maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
Just one Antonym for adaptive

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Related words

  • accommodative

    tending to accommodate; adaptive.

  • adaptive optics

    a technique used to increase the resolution of a ground-based astronomical telescope by counteracting the effects of the atmosphere on the image. A deforming mirror in the light path of the telescope maintains a pointlike image of the celestial body using either a real star or a laser beam as a reference

  • adaptive radiation

    evolution of a number of divergent species from a common ancestor, each species becoming adapted to occupy a different environment. This type of evolution occurred in the Tertiary manuals and the Mesozoic reptiles

  • evolve

    Develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.

  • hopeful monster

    a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution.

  • parallel evolution

    the independent development of closely corresponding adaptive features in two or more groups of organisms that occupy different but equivalent habitats, as marsupial mammals in Australia and placental mammals on other continents.
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