Flexible
adjective
Ability to bend easily without breaking.
The gymnast is flexible enough to touch her toes without bending her knees.
Often appears as...
- flexible material
- flexible body
adjective
Ready and able to change so as to adapt to different circumstances.
You need to be flexible to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Often appears as...
- flexible approach
- flexible schedule
adjective
Capable of many uses.
A kitchen knife is a flexible tool that can be used for chopping, slicing, and dicing.
Often appears as...
- flexible tool
- flexible software
adjective
Availability to change plans.
Our vacation plans are flexible, we can change them if we find a better deal.
Often appears as...
- flexible plan
- flexible reservation
adjective
Ability to be easily modified to respond to altered circumstances.
This software is flexible, it can be easily adapted to meet the needs of any company.
Often appears as...
- flexible software
- flexible system
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Ability to bend easily without breaking.
The gymnast is flexible enough to touch her toes without bending her knees.
Often appears as...
- flexible material
- flexible body
adjective
Ready and able to change so as to adapt to different circumstances.
You need to be flexible to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Often appears as...
- flexible approach
- flexible schedule
adjective
Capable of many uses.
A kitchen knife is a flexible tool that can be used for chopping, slicing, and dicing.
Often appears as...
- flexible tool
- flexible software
adjective
Availability to change plans.
Our vacation plans are flexible, we can change them if we find a better deal.
Often appears as...
- flexible plan
- flexible reservation
adjective
Ability to be easily modified to respond to altered circumstances.
This software is flexible, it can be easily adapted to meet the needs of any company.
Often appears as...
- flexible software
- flexible system
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Context
Use 'flexible' for describing physical traits emphasizing ease and grace in movement.
My yoga teacher is so flexible, she can do complex poses with ease.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Fragile
'Flexible' implies strength as well as softness; it doesn't mean something is weak.
Rubber bands are flexible yet strong enough to hold things together.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Context
Use 'flexible' for describing physical traits emphasizing ease and grace in movement.
My yoga teacher is so flexible, she can do complex poses with ease.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Fragile
'Flexible' implies strength as well as softness; it doesn't mean something is weak.
Rubber bands are flexible yet strong enough to hold things together.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Context
Use 'flexible' for describing physical traits emphasizing ease and grace in movement.
My yoga teacher is so flexible, she can do complex poses with ease.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Fragile
'Flexible' implies strength as well as softness; it doesn't mean something is weak.
Rubber bands are flexible yet strong enough to hold things together.
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The coelacanth: A living...
that promotes limb development in land vertebrates. So although the coelacanth itself isn't a land-walker, its fins do resemble those of its close relatives who first hauled their bodies onto land with the help of these sturdy, flexible appendages, acting as an evolutionary bridge to the land lovers that followed.
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Why modern renewable...
bottom line bulk electricity storage and fossil fuel backup are the costliest ways to make the grid more flexible so we would use them last not first a breakthrough in cheap bulk storage would be helpful but not vital we needn't wait for it and the market isn't waiting only the myth holds us back thank you
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Cell vs. virus: A battle...
to the giant blue whale to you. Each cell in your body is surrounded by a cell membrane, a thick flexible layer made of fats and proteins, that surrounds and protects the inner components. It's semipermeable, meaning that it lets some thing pass in and out but blocks others.
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Concrete Tent PIPE I Didn't...
one of the most interesting and potentially life-changing developments is the creation of a concrete canvas is basically a material that consists of all the elements of concrete's but it's flexible enough to be turned into any shape however once it's been submerged
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How language shapes the...
that have personal weight to us -- ideas like blame and punishment or eyewitness memory. These are important things in our daily lives. Now, the beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is.
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Why do people get so...
And if you have the chance, physical activity, like a brisk walk, deepens breathing and helps relieve muscle tension, preventing anxiety from building. You can also use your knowledge about the brain to change your mindset. The brain is flexible,
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Why the octopus brain is...
have inspired new research in developing flexible robots made of soft materials. And studying how intelligence can arise along such a divergent evolutionary path can help us understand more about intelligence and consciousness in general.
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How brass instruments...
that can be heard in musical genres across the globe. By harnessing the power of natural resonance in a flexible and controllable way, brass instruments are great examples of the fusion of human creativity with the physics of our world.
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Decompress In The Dunes...
it asks us to remain flexible and patient to be open to be vulnerable but the rewards for doing so are considerable a greater sense of freedom of peace
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Are Honey Badgers...
think flexibly let's work that out isn't that wonderful oh you can't help but love these things doesn't matter what they do to you
Video examples
The coelacanth: A living...
that promotes limb development in land vertebrates. So although the coelacanth itself isn't a land-walker, its fins do resemble those of its close relatives who first hauled their bodies onto land with the help of these sturdy, flexible appendages, acting as an evolutionary bridge to the land lovers that followed.
Video examples
Why modern renewable...
bottom line bulk electricity storage and fossil fuel backup are the costliest ways to make the grid more flexible so we would use them last not first a breakthrough in cheap bulk storage would be helpful but not vital we needn't wait for it and the market isn't waiting only the myth holds us back thank you
Video examples
Cell vs. virus: A battle...
to the giant blue whale to you. Each cell in your body is surrounded by a cell membrane, a thick flexible layer made of fats and proteins, that surrounds and protects the inner components. It's semipermeable, meaning that it lets some thing pass in and out but blocks others.
Video examples
Concrete Tent PIPE I Didn't...
one of the most interesting and potentially life-changing developments is the creation of a concrete canvas is basically a material that consists of all the elements of concrete's but it's flexible enough to be turned into any shape however once it's been submerged
Video examples
How language shapes the...
that have personal weight to us -- ideas like blame and punishment or eyewitness memory. These are important things in our daily lives. Now, the beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is.
Video examples
Why do people get so...
And if you have the chance, physical activity, like a brisk walk, deepens breathing and helps relieve muscle tension, preventing anxiety from building. You can also use your knowledge about the brain to change your mindset. The brain is flexible,
Video examples
Why the octopus brain is...
have inspired new research in developing flexible robots made of soft materials. And studying how intelligence can arise along such a divergent evolutionary path can help us understand more about intelligence and consciousness in general.
Video examples
How brass instruments...
that can be heard in musical genres across the globe. By harnessing the power of natural resonance in a flexible and controllable way, brass instruments are great examples of the fusion of human creativity with the physics of our world.
Video examples
Decompress In The Dunes...
it asks us to remain flexible and patient to be open to be vulnerable but the rewards for doing so are considerable a greater sense of freedom of peace
Video examples
Are Honey Badgers...
think flexibly let's work that out isn't that wonderful oh you can't help but love these things doesn't matter what they do to you
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Quote examples
Kim Dickens
American Actress
When you're guest-starring on another show, it really requires you to jump through hoops in a way, because you're servicing the stories of the main characters. You have to be able to portray a lot of different elements. You show up and get on board and get on their journey; you have to be flexible as to what they need for the role.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
We control the world basically because we are the only animals that can cooperate flexibly in very large numbers. And if you examine any large-scale human cooperation, you will always find that it is based on some fiction like the nation, like money, like human rights.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Computers seem a little too adaptively flexible, like the strange natives, odd societies, and head cases we study in the social sciences. There's more opposable thumb in the digital world than I care for; it's awfully close to human.
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John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.
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Penelope Lively
English Author
The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form.
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Kristin Lehman
Canadian Actress
The only way to really portray a character and tell a story well is to be flexible internally. And one of the ways we're blocked as actors is being aware of where our bodies are carrying tension.
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Kiki Bertens
I started to do yoga. It helps for the body to be more flexible but also for the mind - it calms me down a lot, so I really like to do that.
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J. Courtney Sullivan
American Novelist
Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.
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Krysten Ritter
American Actress
I think it's important to be flexible and free, and you can't be free and spontaneous if you don't know what you're doing.
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Judith Viorst
American Author
Nobody who knows me and loves me dearly would ever call me adaptable or flexible. I'm not.
Quote examples
Kim Dickens
American Actress
When you're guest-starring on another show, it really requires you to jump through hoops in a way, because you're servicing the stories of the main characters. You have to be able to portray a lot of different elements. You show up and get on board and get on their journey; you have to be flexible as to what they need for the role.
Quote examples
Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
We control the world basically because we are the only animals that can cooperate flexibly in very large numbers. And if you examine any large-scale human cooperation, you will always find that it is based on some fiction like the nation, like money, like human rights.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Computers seem a little too adaptively flexible, like the strange natives, odd societies, and head cases we study in the social sciences. There's more opposable thumb in the digital world than I care for; it's awfully close to human.
Quote examples
John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.
Quote examples
Penelope Lively
English Author
The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form.
Quote examples
Kristin Lehman
Canadian Actress
The only way to really portray a character and tell a story well is to be flexible internally. And one of the ways we're blocked as actors is being aware of where our bodies are carrying tension.
Quote examples
Kiki Bertens
I started to do yoga. It helps for the body to be more flexible but also for the mind - it calms me down a lot, so I really like to do that.
Quote examples
J. Courtney Sullivan
American Novelist
Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.
Quote examples
Krysten Ritter
American Actress
I think it's important to be flexible and free, and you can't be free and spontaneous if you don't know what you're doing.
Quote examples
Judith Viorst
American Author
Nobody who knows me and loves me dearly would ever call me adaptable or flexible. I'm not.
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