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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈvɜː.səˌtaɪl/, [ˈvɜː.səˌtaɪɫ]
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈvɝ.sə.təl/, [ˈvɝ.sə.ɾəl], /ˈvɝ.səˌtaɪl/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈvɜː.sə.təl/, /ˈvɜː.səˌtɑɪl/, [ˈvɜː.səˌtɑɪɫ]

形容詞

versatile (comparative more versatile, superlative most versatile)

1. Capable of doing many things competently.
   • 2007 January 8, Jack Anderson, “Ruthanna Boris, Versatile Ballet Russe Dancer, Dies at 88”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 26 January 2021:

     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.

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, edited by William G. D'Arcy and Richard C. Keating, 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. Synonym of vers (“Willing to take either a penetrative or receptive role in anal sex”).
   • 2017, Simon LeVay, Gay, Straight, and the Reason why: The Science of Sexual Orientation‎:

     Among men who do engage in anal intercourse, about one-quarter are tops, one-quarter are bottoms, and one-half are versatile.

6. (BDSM) Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.

   Synonyms: vers, switchy

   • 2004, queenchaser1158, “Horny Versatile TV/TS Wanted in Phoenix”, in alt.personals.gay (Usenet):
7. (sex, loosely) Capable of being either a dominant or a submissive partner in a sexual relationship.

派生語

Further reading

• “versatile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “versatile”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “versatile”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• levirates, relatives