versatile

Definitions


[ˈvəːsətʌɪl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities
(e.g: a versatile sewing machine)

- changeable; inconstant


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘inconstant, fluctuating’): from French, or from Latin versatilis, from versat- ‘turned about, revolved’, from the verb versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’




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