adapt
verb (used with object)
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.
adapts
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present tense formof adapt (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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By studying how the brain responds and adapts during treatment, they hoped to uncover biological targets that could eventually lead to more effective obesity therapies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Chelsea, Mudryk and his representatives have entered an initial two-week assessment period to evaluate how he adapts to life back in an elite football environment.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It can impose disproportionate costs because it adapts, continually out-learns the enemy, and manufactures unmanned systems at greater scale and with greater skill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The truck will also use AI to make driving decisions with “intelligent reasoning that adapts to any scenario,” the company’s website says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
Against these carcinogens which his own activities had created man had no protection, for even as his biological heritage has evolved slowly, so it adapts slowly to new conditions.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
