versatileadj/ˈvɜː.səˌtaɪl/

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  Capable of doing many things competently.

  • Ruthanna Boris, a versatile dancer and choreographer who was the first American ballerina to be a star of one of the prestigious Ballets Russes troupes of the ’40s, died Friday at her home in El Cerrito, Calif. She was 88.
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  computingengineeringmathematicsHaving varied uses or many functions.

  • The paddles were enormously versatile, serving as radio-antenna masts, shovels, ice prods, snow knives, and potential argument settlers—whoever had one in his hand at the time would win.
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  Changeable or inconstant.

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  biologynatural-sciencesCapable of moving freely in all directions.

  • The versatile anther is an important step up in flowering plant evolution and it may be the most widespread of all simple anther types.
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  Synonym of vers (“Willing to take either a penetrative or receptive role in anal sex”).

  • Among men who do engage in anal intercourse, about one-quarter are tops, one-quarter are bottoms, and one-half are versatile.
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  BDSMlifestylesexualityBeing a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.

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  lifestylesexsexualityCapable of being either a dominant or a submissive partner in a sexual relationship.