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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Unlike the British, from whom the America’s founders adapted impeachment, the Framers wrote a definition of impeachable conduct into the Constitution—“treason, bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Sellers have adapted accordingly, she added, placing greater emphasis in listings on features linked to summer comfort such as air conditioning and shutters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
"There are ideas out there like the paleo diet, which is adapted to the Paleolithic environment and says we're not suited to eat foods that come post-domestication," she said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Blaugrana have adapted their traditional stripes for this year's home kit.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Staphylococci live all over us, and seem to have adapted to conditions in our skin that are uncongenial to most other bacteria.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
