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# flexibility

noun (flexibility — uncountable)

«flexibility» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Flexibility is the ability to bend easily without breaking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flexibility/#m1)
2. Flexibility is being able to change or fit in with new situations or plans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flexibility/#m2)

### In the lessons

In PE and health lessons, stretching improves flexibility; in science, materials' properties (rubber has flexibility); in everyday life, flexible plans or hours; phrases: show flexibility, improve flexibility.

### Examples

- Yoga helps improve flexibility. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flexibility/#x1)
- Gymnasts need great flexibility. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flexibility/#x2)
- Rubber's flexibility makes it good for tyres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flexibility/#x3)
- Teachers need flexibility when plans change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flexibility/#x4)
- The new timetable gives more flexibility. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flexibility/#x5)

### Note

Uncountable: «good flexibility», not «a flexibility». Adjective: flexible. Opposite: rigidity, stiffness.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flexibility» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flexibility/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flexibility» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flexibility.html) on Mova free.