versatility en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌvɛɹ.səˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/ (Scotland)
- /ˌvɜː.səˈtɪl.ɪ.tiː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- vûr′sə-tĭl′ĭ-tē
- /ˌvɜɹ.səˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/ (Canada, General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌvøː.səˈtəl.ə.tiː/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
Etymology tree English versatile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English versatility From versatile + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The property of being versatile or having many different abilities.
Those are the sort of women who polish a young man the most, and who give him that habit of complaisance, and that flexibility and versatility of manners which prove of great use to him with men, and in the course of business.
1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son 1749We broke up our tests into three categories — performance, durability and versatility — so we could compare the different features of each jacket against the others directly.
2025 January 3, Kai Burkhardt, “The best rain jackets of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| versatilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (31)
bg многостранност (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · sv flexibilitet (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · pt versatilidade (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · sv ombytlighet (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · ka მრავალფუნქციონალურობა (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · it versatilità (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · ga ilchumas (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · ga ilúsáideacht (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · ga ilfheidhmeacht (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · ia versatilitate (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · fi monipuolisuus (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · de Vielseitigkeit (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · ru разносторонность (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · ga ildánacht (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · mk сестраност (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · de Einsatzvielfalt (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · ka მრავალმხრივობა (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · ru многосторонность (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · pl wszechstronność (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · es versatilidad (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · sv mångsidighet (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · gl versatilidade (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · ka მრავალფეროვნება (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · de vielseitige Anwendbarkeit (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · de Gewandtheit (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · nl veelzijdigheid (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · pl uniwersalność (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · fr polyvalence (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · ca versatilitat (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · mk многустраност (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities) · de Flexibilität (the property of being versatile or having many different abilities)