versatility

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versatility

/ˌvɜː.səˈtɪl.ɪ.tiː/ Australia, UK
/ˌvɜɹ.səˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/ Canada, US
/ˌvøː.səˈtəl.ə.tiː/ New Zealand
/ˌvɛɹ.səˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/ Scotland

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noun versatilities

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.
Similar: versatileness, flexibility · Opposite: unversatility

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Closest in meaning: versatile, variety, adaptability, responsiveness, power, flexibility, multi-purpose, multipurpose, agile, agility, pliability, suppleness, resourcefulness, changeability, breadth, diversity

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noun the property of being versatile or having many different abilities

Español	versatilidad
Português	versatilidade
Français	polyvalence
Deutsch	Vielseitigkeit, Einsatzvielfalt, vielseitige Anwendbarkeit, Flexibilität, Gewandtheit
Italiano	versatilità
Русский	многосторонность mnogostoronnostʹ, разносторонность raznostoronnostʹ

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@misc{versatility_2026,
  title = {versatility},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/versatility},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}