adapt
verb (used with object)
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.
readapt
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a word derived from
adapt.
Example Sentences
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"It's been awful, absolute hell, it's turned all of our lives upside down. My children are constantly having to readapt."
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
The transition to land happened only once, yet the transition back to water has happened repeatedly — leading researchers to question whether aquatic mammals could readapt to terrestrial life, and if not, why?
From Scientific American ● Jul. 17, 2023
As we're seeing in the creative push to readapt to reusables, people are interested in moving away from plastic, they just need better options.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2022
I had to readapt the script to Nicaragua today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
In other words, it made explicit the consequences inhering in any doctrine which makes mental life a self-inclosed thing, instead of an attempt to redirect and readapt common concerns.
From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey
