versatile

From Latin versātilis (“turning easily”), from versātus, past participle of versō (“I turn, change”), frequentative of vertō (“I turn”).

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝsətl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːsətaɪl/, [ˈvɜːsətaɪɫ]

versatile (comparative more versatile, superlative most versatile)

1. Capable of doing many things competently.
2. Having varied uses or many functions.
3. Changeable or inconstant.
4. (biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
   • 1996, William G. D'Arcy, William G. D'Arcy, Richard C. Keating, editor, The anther: form, function, and phylogeny:

     The versatile anther is an important step up in flowering plant evolution and it may be the most widespread of all simple anther types.

5. (BDSM) Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.
   • 2004, "queenchaser1158", Horny Versatile TV/TS Wanted in Phoenix (on newsgroup alt.personals.gay)
6. (gay slang) Capable of taking both a top and bottom role.

• versatility

• versatile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• versatile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• versatile at OneLook Dictionary Search

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versatile (plural versatiles)

1. versatile; easily changeable
2. indecisive

From Latin versatilis, from versare (“to turn, to twist”).

• IPA^(key): [verˈsaː.t̪i.le], /verˈsatile/

versatile (masculine and feminine plural versatili)

1. versatile
2. all-round, all around, multiskilled

• versatilità

• laveresti, rilevaste, rivaleste, rivelaste, servitela, versateli

versātile

1. nominative neuter singular of versātilis
2. accusative neuter singular of versātilis
3. vocative neuter singular of versātilis

• IPA^(key): /versaˈtile/

versatile f pl or n pl

1. nominative feminine plural of versatil
2. accusative feminine plural of versatil
3. nominative neuter plural of versatil
4. accusative neuter plural of versatil