Flexibility - English meaning

noun

The ability of a substance such as a metal to be stretched or shaped without breaking

noun

The ability of an object or material to resume its normal shape after being stretched or compressed; stretchiness.

Usage examples:

Aging can decrease the elasticity of your skin

noun

The ability of something, such as the number of products sold, to change in relation to something else, such as the product's price

Usage examples:

This chart shows the relationship between the elasticity and the optimal monopoly price for windows.

noun

The ability to be easily changed into a new shape

Usage examples:

The material's surprising malleability was previously unknown., gold has amazing physical propertie…

noun

The quality of being easily shaped or moulded.

Usage examples:

Fine clay, at the right degree of plasticity, is more useful

noun

The quality of being soft enough to be changed into a new shape

noun

The quality of being easily bent; flexibility.

Usage examples:

An excellent combination of strength, pliability, and elasticity

noun

The ability to bend easily into a new shape without breaking or cracking, or the degree to which a substance can do this

Usage examples:

The plastic dolls have unusual pliability., these mats have a pliability that allows them to be rol…

noun

Willingness to change because of what other people want, or to do what other people want

Usage examples:

His plan depended on her pliancy and submission., the remarkable purity and pliancy of his voice, t…

noun

The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

Usage examples:

The often remarkable resilience of so many british institutions

noun

The quality of being able to return quickly to a previous good condition after problems

Usage examples:

The resilience of the economy has come as a surprise to some.

verb

Move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards.

Usage examples:

I sprang out of bed

noun

The season after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear, in the northern hemisphere from march to may and in the southern hemisphere from september to november.

Usage examples:

In spring the garden is a feast of blossom

verb

Move forward by leaps and bounds

verb

(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.

Usage examples:

My jumper stretched in the wash

noun

An act of stretching one's limbs or body.

Usage examples:

I got up and had a stretch

verb

To reach across a distance or become longer or wider, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] rubber stretches when you pull it., [ t ] the banner was stretched across the street., [ m ] …

noun

The quality of being able to bend easily or be bent easily

Usage examples:

She tried a form of massage therapy that slowly improved her suppleness., the suppleness of his voice