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verb (used with object)
1.
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
verb (used without object)
2.
to adjust oneself to different conditions, environment, etc.: to adapt easily to all circumstances.
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Example Sentences
- They adapt to these conditions by hibernating in the winter.
- However, a few retailers were still hesitant about how their business could adapt in a new landscape.
- The alternative color forms of some animals are providing new insights into how animals adapt and evolve.
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Word Origin & History
adapt
c.1600 (implied in adapted) "to fit (something, for some purpose)," from M.Fr. adapter (14c.), from L. adaptare "adjust," from ad- "to" + aptare "join," from aptus "fitted" (see apt). Meaning "to undergo modification so as to fit new circumstances" (intr.) is from 1956.
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