Dictionary

adaptiveness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der. Proto-Italic *apjō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English adaptive Proto-Germanic *-in- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English adaptiveness From adaptive + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
   • With female adaptiveness she fell in with his humour, and looked at the world through his eyes. 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw:
   • Near-synonyms: adaptability, adaptableness

Forms

Coordinates

adaptitude · adaptedness

Relateds

adaptation · adaptly · adaptably · adaptness · adaptively · adapter · adaptorial · adaptatively · adapt · adaptative · adaptational · adaptional · adaption · adaptable · adaptive

Synonyms

adaptability · adaptativeness · adaptableness · adaptivity

Translations (10)

pl przystosowalność (state or quality of being adaptive) · pl adaptatywność (state or quality of being adaptive) · fi sopeutuvuus (state or quality of being adaptive) · pl adaptacyjność (state or quality of being adaptive) · bg адапти́вност (state or quality of being adaptive) · el προσαρμοστικότητα (state or quality of being adaptive) · tr uyumluluk (state or quality of being adaptive) · fi mukautuvuus (state or quality of being adaptive) · pt adaptatividade (state or quality of being adaptive) · pl przystosowawczość (state or quality of being adaptive)