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单词 adoptability
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adoptabilityn.

Brit. /əˌdɒptəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /əˌdɑptəˈbɪlᵻdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adoptable adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < adoptable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix.
1. Something which may be adopted or chosen. Obsolete. rare.
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1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvii. 176 The Liturgy..was what we can call the Select Adoptabilities..from that wide waste imbroglio of Prayers already extant.
2. Capability of being adopted (in various senses); suitability for adoption.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > taking into use > ability to be
adoptability1850
1850 Allen's Indian Mail 17 June 361/1 I would suggest to them the propriety of examining the adoptability of such a plan.
1921 Columbia Law Rev. 21 727 The utilization of the book as a teaching vehicle and its potential adoptability by a large portion of the law school world.
1979 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. 65 1104/2 Heard also argued that the consideration of the adoptability of her children was not relevant.
2001 J. Dixon et al. Farming Syst. & Poverty viii. 333 Ideal pro-poor technologies are characterized by..compatibility with integrated and diversified systems, low external input requirements, and ease of adoptability.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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