Word Frequency
adapt (əˈdæpt
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Definitions
verb
- 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
Derived Forms
aˈdaptable adjectiveaˌdaptaˈbility, aˈdaptableness noun
aˈdaptive adjective
Word Origin
C17: from Latin adaptāre, from ad- to + aptāre to fit, from aptusaptSynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations for 'adapt'
- British English: adapt If you adapt to a new situation, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it.MPs have quickly adapted to the cameras.əˈdæpt VERB
- Arabic: يَتَكَيَّفُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: adaptar
- Chinese: 改编
- Croatian: prilagoditi
- Czech: přizpůsobit se přizpůsobovat se
- Danish: tilpasse
- Dutch: aanpassenveranderen
- European Spanish: adaptarse
- Finnish: sopeutua
- French: s'adapter
- German: anpassen (sich)
- Greek: προσαρμόζω
- Italian: adattarsireflexive verb
- Japanese: 適合させる
- Korean: 적응시키다
- Norwegian: tilpasse
- Polish: dostosować dostosowywać
- Portuguese: adaptar
- Romanian: a se adapta
- Russian: приспосабливать(ся)
- Spanish: adaptar
- Swedish: anpassa
- Thai: ปรับตัว
- Turkish: uyum sağlamak
- Ukrainian: пристосовуватися пристосуватися
- Vietnamese: thích nghi
Example Sentences Including 'adapt'
A climate upheaval some six thousand years ago may have forced people all over the world to adapt simply to survive, writes Jeff Hecht.New Scientist (1999)
He could never be totally relaxed, he would never adapt to the rhythm of rural seasons.Murder Song
Major metropolitan centres are only beginning to adapt to the broader technological revolution of the last two decades.Globe and Mail (2003)
Now pitches have improved and we didn't adapt to the conditions.Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2003)
She had made no effort to adapt her long, fast stride to the age of her companion.The Hardie Inheritance
The Kinsale symposium will help the speciality food sector in Ireland to adapt to the future he said.Irish Times (2002)
The whole point of being a Tory was to know when to adapt old ways to new.PROSPECT HILL (2003)
Things in your life will change and for several months may be quite difficult as you adapt to the role you have freely accepted.A WITCH ALONE
You could buy frames and accessories from Matalan and adapt them to the theme.Glasgow Herald (2001)
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