adaptive

5 definitions • 8 examples

having an ability to change to suit changing conditions:

We teach our clients to run projects in an adaptive manner.

Effective leaders need to be highly adaptive.

relating to the way that a living thing changes slightly over time so it can continue to exist in a particular environment:

A plant physiologist, she observes the capacity of plants for adaptive behaviour.

adaptive responses to environmental challenges

able to adjust:

These governments do not possess the adaptive capacity to endure such changes.

able to adjust to the conditions of a particular environment

changing quickly to suit different conditions:

Adaptive organizations rely on fast feedback from customers to respond to market changes.

Their favoured approach seems to be adaptive management, in which policymakers alter their policies as conditions change.

adaptive processes/systems/strategies