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adaptive

Main Entry:: adap·tive
Pronunciation:: \ə-ˈdap-tiv, a-\
Function:: adjective
Date:: 1760

: showing or having a capacity for or tendency toward adaptation

— adap·tive·ly adverb

— adap·tive·ness noun

— ad·ap·tiv·i·ty

\ˌa-ˌdap-ˈti-və-tē\ noun

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