Meaning of flexible in English

flexible
adjective
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/ˈflek.sə.bəl/ us
/ˈflek.sə.bəl/

flexible adjective (ABLE TO CHANGE)

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B2
able to change or be changed easily according to the situation:
My schedule is flexible - I could arrange to meet with you any day next week.
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Adapting and modifying
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flexible adjective (ABLE TO BEND)

C2
able to bend or to be bent easily without breaking:
Rubber is a flexible substance.
Dancers and gymnasts need to be very flexible (= able to bend their bodies easily).
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Flexible, loose and yielding
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Related words

flexibility
flexibly
(Definition of flexible from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

flexible | American Dictionary

flexible
adjective
us
/ˈflek·sə·bəl/

flexible adjective (CHANGEABLE)

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able to change or be changed easily according to the situation:
I’m fortunate because my job has flexible hours, and I can come and go pretty much as I want.

flexible adjective (ABLE TO BEND)

able to bend or be bent easily without breaking:
The wire has to be flexible enough to go around corners of the room.
(Definition of flexible from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

flexible | Business English

flexible
adjective
uk
/ˈfleksɪbl/ us
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a flexible person or company can work in different ways, at different times, or in different places when it is necessary:
How can we encourage employees to be more flexible?
be flexible about sth Companies can now be more flexible about where they site their operations.
a flexible approach/attitude
something that is flexible can change or be changed according to the situation:
The pay and benefits are good, and the hours are flexible.
a flexible mortgage/loan With a flexible mortgage you can pay more or less than your agreed monthly payment.
flexible work/jobs
a flexible pension

flexibility

noun [ U ] uk/ˌfleksɪˈbɪlɪti/ us/-ətIi/
The job requires flexibility, but is very rewarding.
(Definition of flexible from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of flexible

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The concise size and scope of the book make it extremely flexible for classroom use.
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The flexible extreme defined by the parts-of-speech hierarchy is a language with no lexical specialization at all.
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More research on the complex and flexible contemporary relationships between affluent older people and their children is required.
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Most important in the context of the present analysis, the survey asks respondents about their take-up of flexible working options at the workplace.
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Flexible space category learning occurs when new categorizations cannot be represented with the features available.
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The idea that evolved learning mechanisms in humans are sensitive to cultural influences (and are therefore flexible) must be explained rather than assumed.
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An exper t system for scheduling robots in a flexible electroplating system with dynamically changing workloads.
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The structure of the musical interventions is designed to be flexible.
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Therefore, juveniles should show flexible predation behaviour on thrips larvae depending on spider mite availability.
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Flexible programmes differ from all other types of programmes in the following ways.
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Algorithms that can be formulated in terms of general, coordinate-independent operations are much more flexible in their use than algorithms tied to particular representations.
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They are flexible and can learn anything that a person can learn.
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Should we consider these "flexible negotiations" a form of benevolent paternalism?
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Thus, keeping plural currencies with flexible exchange ratios was a suitable way to trade in the actual market.
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To this end, they can use the plans and specifications provided by the architect as a flexible guideline for the application of their own technologies.
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What is the pronunciation of flexible?
 
B2,C2

Translations of flexible

in Chinese (Traditional)
可改變的, 可變動的, 靈活的…
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可改变的, 可变动的, 灵活的…
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融通の利く, 柔軟な, 融通（ゆうずう）がきく…
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esnek, içinde bulunduğu duruma göre hareket edebilen, değişen/değiştirilebilen…
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гибкий, свободный (о графике, расписании)…
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