agile
See also: Agile
English
Alternative forms
- Agile (software engineering senses)
Etymology
From earlier agil, borrowed from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”). See agent.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.əl/
,Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ædʒaɪl, -ædʒəl
Adjective
agile (comparative agiler or more agile, superlative agilest or most agile)
- Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.
- Synonym: nimble
- an agile creature
- an agile wit
- 1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], published 1902, →OCLC:
- The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.
- Characterised by quick motion.
- agile movements
- (chiefly software engineering) Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.[1]
- agile methods
Antonyms
Translations
having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
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Derived terms
References
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʒil/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -il
Further reading
- “agile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aˈɡiːlə]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: agi‧le
Adjective
agile
- inflection of agil:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒi.le/
- Rhymes: -adʒile
- Hyphenation: à‧gi‧le
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- agile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈdʒəil/
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