Climate change impacts will increase the total costs to the Nation’s transportation systems and their users, but these impacts can be reduced through rerouting, mode change, and a wide range of adaptive actions.
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Adaptive
//əˈdæp.tɪv//
Synonyms for "adaptive" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
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Related words (18)
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2 entriesRelated terms
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 17 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- адапты́ўны adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Bulgarian
3 entries- адапти́вен adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
- адапти́вен adj (capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change)
- адапти́вен adj (of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society)
Catalan
1 entries- adaptatiu adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Dutch
1 entries- adaptief adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Finnish
4 entries- adaptiivinen adj (of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society)
- joustava adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
- joustava adj (capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change)
- mukautuva adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
French
3 entries- adaptable adj (capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change)
- adaptatif adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
- adaptatif adj (of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society)
German
1 entries- adaptiv adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Indonesian
1 entries- adaptif adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Italian
1 entries- adattivo adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Kazakh
1 entries- бейімделген adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Malay
1 entries- mudah suai adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Persian
1 entries- سازگار adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Polish
4 entries- adaptacyjny adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
- adaptacyjny adj (capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change)
- adaptatywny adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
- adaptatywny adj (capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change)
Portuguese
1 entries- adaptativo adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Russian
1 entries- адапти́вный adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- adaptabilan adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
- adaptabilan adj (capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change)
- adaptabilan adj (of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society)
- prilagodljiv adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
Spanish
3 entries- adaptable adj (capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change)
- adaptativo adj (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable)
- adaptativo adj (of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society)
Sample sentences
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Spiders are very adaptive, especially when spinning a web.
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The authors looked at two different adaptive radiations in the fossil record.
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Sturm calls working with adaptive athletes one of the most rewarding parts of what he does.
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