versatile
1versatile — [ vɛrsatil ] adj. • 1588; épée versatile « à deux tranchants » 1530; lat. versatilis, de versare → verser ♦ Sujet à changer facilement d opinion; exposé à des revirements soudains. ⇒ changeant, inconstant, lunatique. Un esprit, un caractère… …
2Versatile — Ver sa*tile, a. [L. versatilis, fr. versare to turn around, v. freq. of vertere: cf. F. versatile. See {Verse}.] 1. Capable of being turned round. Harte. [1913 Webster] 2. Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady;… …
3versatile — versatile, many sided, all around can all mean marked by or showing skill or ability or capacity or usefulness of many different kinds. When applied to persons, versatile stresses aptitude and facility in many different activities requiring skill …
4Versatile — is a Canadian brand of agricultural equipment that has produced augers, swathers, combine harvesters and most notably tractors. The company, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, currently belongs to Buhler Industries. In the 1970s, it was an… …
5versatile — [vʉr′sə təl; ] chiefly Brit [, vʉr′sətīl΄] adj. [Fr < L versatilis, that turns around, movable, versatile < versatus, pp. of versare, to turn often, freq. of vertere, to turn: see VERSE] 1. a) competent in many things; able to turn easily… …
6versatile — index artful, mutable, pliable, protean, resourceful Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7versatile — /ver satile/ agg. [dal lat. versatĭlis, der. di versare girare ]. 1. [di persona, capacità e sim., che sa volgersi a opere e attività diverse: ingegno v. ] ▶◀ eclettico, flessibile, multiforme, poliedrico, proteiforme. ‖ articolato. ◀▶ rigido.… …
8versatile — c.1600, from L. versatilis turning, revolving, moving, capable of turning to varied subjects or tasks, from pp. stem of versare keep turning, be engaged in something, turn over in the mind, frequentative of vertere to turn (see VERSUS (Cf.… …
9versatile — [adj] adjustable, flexible able, accomplished, adaptable, adroit, all around, all purpose, ambidextrous, conversant, dexterous, elastic, facile, functional, gifted, handy, ingenuous, many sided, mobile, multifaceted, plastic, pliable, protean,… …
10versatile — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities. DERIVATIVES versatility noun. ORIGIN Latin versatilis, from versare turn about, revolve …
