adapt
verb (used with object)
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.
have adapted
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present perfectof adapt.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, where all of the country’s confirmed cases have been reported, residents have adapted quickly to government health edicts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
This is because they’ve been isolated from other leopards for a long time and have adapted to one region.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
An exhibition examining how moths have adapted to environmental changes caused by humans, has opened.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, discuss Emily’s reporting from the conference, and the way capitalists have adapted to thrive amid the unpredictability of this administration.
From Slate ● May 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
