adapt
[uh-dapt]
- to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
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- to adjust oneself to different conditions, environment, etc.: to adapt easily to all circumstances.
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Origin of adapt
Synonyms
See more synonyms for adapt on Thesaurus.com1. fit, accommodate, suit, reconcile, conform; modify, rework, convert.
Synonym study
1. See adjust.
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Examples from the Web for adapted
Contemporary Examples
Since the 1950s, fluoride has adapted itself to the prevailing concerns of the time.
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Historical Examples
His narrative is adapted alike for the juvenile mind and for the adult.
The music was adapted from Athaliah, which, so far, had only been heard at Oxford.
HandelEdward J. Dent
But his instrument was never used on the ocean lines, and, indeed, it was not adapted for them.
Heroes of the TelegraphJ. Munro
But Mr. Thoreau was equipped with a most adapted and serviceable body.
During my seclusion from the world, I had adapted my dress to my situation.
Beaux and Belles of EnglandMary Robinson
adapt
- (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 purposeto adapt a play for use in schools
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin adaptāre, from ad- to + aptāre to fit, from aptus apt
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Word Origin and History for adapted
adapt
v.
early 15c. (implied in adapted) "to fit (something, for some purpose)," from Middle French adapter (14c.), from Latin adaptare "adjust," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + aptare "join," from aptus "fitted" (see apt). Meaning "to undergo modification so as to fit new circumstances" (intransitive) is from 1956. Related: Adapting.
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