adaptive

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/əˈdæp.tɪv/

adj 4

Collocations

ADJ.

different, due, necessary

The necessary adaptive changes helped the company survive the economic downturn.

VERB + ADAPTIVE

become, called, calls, design, stay, style, use, working

The company had to stay adaptive to survive in the fast-changing technology market.

ADAPTIVE + NOUN

athletes, beam, headlights, learner, life, radiations, resemblances, response

The new car's adaptive headlights automatically adjusted their angle as we drove around the dark mountain curves.

PREP.

in, with

The company succeeded in adaptive management by adjusting strategies based on market feedback.

ADV.

also, especially

The team's strategy was adaptive, especially when dealing with unexpected market changes.

Definitions

adj

Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it issued a final rule allowing what’s called “adaptive driving beam headlights” on new vehicles. It will go into effect when published in the Federal Register in the next few days.

The real affinities of all organic beings, in contradistinction to their adaptive resemblances, are due to inheritance or community of descent.

Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.

Of a trait: that helps an organism to function well in its environment.

Of a trait: that helps a person to function well in society.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — having a capacity for adaptation

adaptative

Antonyms

maladaptive

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

The real affinities of all organic beings, in contradistinction to their adaptive resemblances, are due to inheritance or community of descent.

Wiktionary

That variation of germinal origin is a fact in organic nature is admitted on all hands, and that some variations are adaptive is also unquestioned.

Wiktionary

Spiders are very adaptive, especially when spinning a web.

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The authors looked at two different adaptive radiations in the fossil record.

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Sturm calls working with adaptive athletes one of the most rewarding parts of what he does.

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