Definition of Versatile

Versatile

Capable of being turned round.

Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.

Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided; as, versatile genius; a versatile politician.

Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird.

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Versatile Quotations

Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
Walt Disney

My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.
Greta Garbo

Journalists are always calling my features Edwardian or Victorian, whatever that means. I am small, and people were smaller in those times. I'm pale and sickly-looking. I look fragile-like a doll. But sometimes I just wish I had less of a particular look, one that was more versatile.
Helena Bonham Carter

That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.
Catherine Deneuve

Being as versatile as I am, I take offense to the notion that no serious musician would not be doing a late night talk show gig. One has to be open enough in other areas to be able to contribute to a show like this.
Kevin Eubanks

I've been trying to nail it into everyone's heads that I feel like I am the most versatile rapper.
Ludacris

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.
Laurence Housman

Everybody thinks if you do one thing, you can't do something else. So I like the fact that I can be versatile if I want to.
Denise Van Outen

I'd like to consider myself a versatile skater and I like to skate to different kinds of music.
Oksana Baiul

I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
Aaron Neville

Perhaps the most versatile and useful plug-in in the collection is Mass Copy. It is certainly the one I use the most. Due to limitations in how plugins can interact with Finale, Mass Copy has a somewhat unusual user interface.
Robert Patterson

We could play them through the week, and then the weekend we could play the black joints. I learned to be very versatile and learned to love it. So it stays with me even up to now.
Little Milton

But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being versatile my whole career, it kept me working.
Robert Klein

I feel most comfortable keeping versatile when it comes to music genres.
Thia Megia

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Versatile Translations

versatile in French is polyvalent
versatile in German is vielseitig, wendige
versatile in Italian is multilaterale
versatile in Spanish is multilateral

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