adapt
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly.He adapted the novel for movies.
to adjust oneself to different conditions, environment, etc.: to adapt easily to all circumstances.
Origin of adapt
1synonym study For adapt
Other words for adapt
Other words from adapt
- a·dapt·ed·ness, noun
- mis·a·dapt, verb
- non·a·dapt·ing, adjective
- re·a·dapt, verb (used with object)
- un·a·dapt·ed, adjective
- well-a·dapt·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with adapt
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How to use adapt in a sentence
The pandemic has put retailers under tremendous strain but rewarded those that adapted nimbly.
The good news is that colugos appear to adapt well to forested human environments, including the villages in Langkawi.
On a cool night in Malaysia, scientists track mysterious colugos across the treetops | Yao-Hua Law | November 20, 2020 | Science NewsHere are some of the major celebrations, plus a few ancillary events, that have adapted to the health crisis without sacrificing the joy and cheer of the holidays.
NYC for the holidays: The city’s classic traditions have been tweaked for the times | Andrea Sachs | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostHowever, the fact that I had to adapt a bootstrapped approach slowed down our progress, made it difficult to build a technology product to properly test market fit, and prevented the company from achieving major milestones before it ran out of money.
To jump-start America’s economy, invest in women entrepreneurs of color | matthewheimer | November 19, 2020 | FortuneDisplayed as a colorful mural on the first floor, the open-source images from the ongoing portrait project have been adapted into billboards, projections and even postage stamps.
You have until Nov. 22 to visit these six Smithsonian museums. Here’s what to expect. | Kelsey Ables | November 19, 2020 | Washington Post
Since the 1950s, fluoride has adapted itself to the prevailing concerns of the time.
This article was adapted from one originally published by IranWire.
What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq | IranWire | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat do you think is the best fantasy work that has not been adapted that should?
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire | William O’Connor | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThis article is adapted from one by Masud Moheb originally published by IranWire on 26 December 2014.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread | IranWire | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThis article is adapted from one originally published by IranWire.
50 Shades of Iran: The Mullahs’ Kinky Fantasies about Sex in the West | IranWire, Shima Sharabi | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen you think of the number of people who suffered and died—or adapted—so that I could be sitting here now.
Sense of Obligation | Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)It is used for a variety of ornamental purposes, for which, from its extreme natural beauty, it is peculiarly adapted.
Asbestos | Robert H. JonesIn 1820 Treskerby engine, to which Trevithick's high-pressure pole had been adapted, had reached 403 millions.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickM is a motor adapted for plucking open the pallet P through the medium of strap s.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerIts aromatic flavor is not adapted to the general taste, and some little time is required to develop a decided love for it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
British Dictionary definitions for adapt
/ (əˈdæpt) /
(often foll by to) to adjust (someone or something, esp oneself) to different conditions, a new environment, etc
(tr) to fit, change, or modify to suit a new or different purpose: to adapt a play for use in schools
Origin of adapt
1Derived forms of adapt
- adaptable, adjective
- adaptability or adaptableness, noun
- adaptive, adjective
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