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ADAPTATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adaptative mean?
• ADAPTATIVE (adjective)
The adjective ADAPTATIVE has 1 sense:
1. having a capacity for adaptation
Familiarity information: ADAPTATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a capacity for adaptation
Synonyms:
adaptative; adaptive
Context example:
the adaptive coloring of a chameleon
Similar:
accommodative; reconciling (tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony)
adaptational (of or relating to adaptation)
adjustive (conducive to adjustment)
Derivation:
adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)
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