Versatile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Capable of doing many things competently.
  • adj. Having varied uses or serving many functions: "The most versatile of vegetables is the tomato” ( Craig Claiborne).
  • adj. Variable or inconstant; changeable: a versatile temperament.
  • adj. Biology Capable of moving freely in all directions, as the antenna of an insect, the toe of an owl, or the loosely attached anther of a flower.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Capable of doing many things competently.
  • adj. Having varied uses or many functions.
  • adj. Changeable or inconstant.
  • adj. Capable of moving freely in all directions.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Capable of being turned round.
  • adj. Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant.
  • adj. Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided.
  • adj. Capable of turning; freely movable
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In ichthyology, capable of being turned either way: describing a spine, a tooth, or any organ that may not be usually so turned.
  • Capable of being moved or turned round: as, a versatile spindle.
  • Changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant.
  • Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applying one's self to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided: as, a versatile writer; a versatile actor.
  • In botany, swinging or turning freely on a support: especially noting an anther fixed by the middle on the apex of the filament, and swinging freely to and fro. See cuts under anther and lily.
  • In ornithology, specifically, reversible: noting any toe of a bird which may be turned either forward or backward.
  • In entomology, moving freely up and down or laterally: as, versatile antennæ.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. able to move freely in all directions
  • adj. having great diversity or variety
  • adj. changeable or inconstant
  • adj. competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another
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