Versatility is the ability to turn your hand to many things. Great versatility, the versatility of the material, praised for his versatility.
It is the most useful quality in a small team and the least rewarded in a large one, where specialists are promoted. Of a material it means suiting many uses, which is what sells a tool.
1nounversatilityThe ability to turn your hand to many things.
“The actor is admired for his versatility, playing kings, killers and clowns with equal skill.”
versatility is a quality.
Proto-Indo-European
*wert-
Latin
versātilis — turning easily
English
versatile
English, today
versatility
Built from
From versatile + -ity. versatile comes from Latin versātilis (“turning easily”), from versātus, past participle of versō (“to turn, change”), frequentative of vertō (“to turn”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA