adapt
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly.He adapted the novel for movies.
to adjust oneself to different conditions, environment, etc.: to adapt easily to all circumstances.
Origin of adapt
1synonym study For adapt
Other words for adapt
Other words from adapt
- a·dapt·ed·ness, noun
- mis·a·dapt, verb
- non·a·dapt·ing, adjective
- re·a·dapt, verb (used with object)
- un·a·dapt·ed, adjective
- well-a·dapt·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with adapt
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How to use adapt in a sentence
And as technology adapts to reflect the ways we consume media, so too is the family adapting to technology.
Some of this is just a natural part of adapting to the natural climate change that is happening in the Arctic.
Southerland has lots of company among Republicans when it comes to adapting past positions in order to appeal to women voters.
The Republican War on Women Continues, Just More Quietly | Eleanor Clift | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPaul Thomas Anderson, director of Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood, has taken on the task of adapting Vice for the screen.
Viral Video of the Day: The ‘Inherent Vice’ Trailer Is Loopy Fun | Alex Chancey | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were, by his guess, “several other people circling Roger” with the idea of adapting his memoir into a documentary film.
‘Life Itself’: A Fitting, Heartrending Tribute to Cinema’s Great Appreciator Roger Ebert | Marlow Stern | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Still others may have survived by adapting themselves to the changed conditions, emerging as new species or well-marked varieties.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisI tried to sing them, adapting to them, as well as I could, the favourite air of my poor Maddalene.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoHe possessed the happy faculty of reading characters, and adapting his conversation to the minds of his listeners.
File No. 113 | Emile GaboriauFor engineering is—to repeat—the adapting of discoveries in science and art to the uses of mankind.
Opportunities in Engineering | Charles M. HortonAs Mr. Grundy had learnt his craft by adapting our French authors, Mr. Jones learnt his by writing great popular dramas.
The English Stage | Augustin Filon
British Dictionary definitions for adapt
/ (əˈdæpt) /
(often foll by to) to adjust (someone or something, esp oneself) to different conditions, a new environment, etc
(tr) to fit, change, or modify to suit a new or different purpose: to adapt a play for use in schools
Origin of adapt
1Derived forms of adapt
- adaptable, adjective
- adaptability or adaptableness, noun
- adaptive, adjective
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