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adaptive

[uh-dap-tiv]

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adjective

serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon.

Origin:
1815–25; adapt + -ive

Related forms

a·dap·tive·ly, adverb

a·dap·tive·ness, noun

ad·ap·tiv·i·ty

[ad-ap-tiv-i-tee] , noun

non·a·dap·tive, adjective

re·a·dap·tive, adjective

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re·a·dap·tive·ly, adverb

re·a·dap·tive·ness, noun

un·a·dap·tive, adjective

un·a·dap·tive·ly, adverb

un·a·dap·tive·ness, noun

COLLAPSE

Can be confused: adaptive, adoptive.

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World English Dictionary

adapt (əˈdæpt)

—vb
1.	(often foll by to) to adjust (someone or something, esp oneself) to different conditions, a new environment, etc
2.	(tr) to fit, change, or modify to suit a new or different purpose: to adapt a play for use in schools

[C17: from Latin adaptāre, from ad- to + aptāre to fit, from aptusapt]

a'daptable

—*adj*

adapta'bility

—n

a'daptableness

—n

a'daptive

—*adj*

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