adapt
verb (used with object)
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.
adapted
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past participleof adapt.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof adapt.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
adaptverb (used with object)to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.
Example Sentences
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Chaparral are adapted to fire every 30 to 130 years — not every eight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Their bodies had adapted so effectively that walking with the extra load required slightly less energy than walking without it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
That came under attack by the University of Chicago’s Robert Lucas, who argued that as public expectations adapted, past relationships between unemployment and inflation would break down, which they did in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The case has previously been adapted into Bafta winning BBC drama The Sixth Commandment, starring Timothy Spall and Anne Reid.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
These humans were more muscular than Sapiens, had larger brains, and were better adapted to cold climes.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
