noun

flexibility

flehk-sih-BIH-lih-tee

noun

The physical ability to bend or stretch easily without damage.

"Yoga improves flexibility in the hips and spine."

The ability to adapt or change easily to suit new situations.

"The job offers flexibility over when and where you work."

How to Use Flexibility

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishBeing easy to bend, physically, or easy to adapt, in plans and behaviour.

Common pairings

physical flexibility workplace flexibility flexibility of schedule

flexibilities plural

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Yoga improves _____ in the hips and spine.

From French flexibilite, ultimately from Latin flectere ("to bend").

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