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Definition of Adapt
1. Verb. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose. "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Vary
Specialized synonyms: Adjust, Gear, Pitch, Fit, Anglicise, Anglicize, Shoehorn, Orient, Tailor, Domesticate, Tame, Cultivate, Domesticate, Naturalise, Naturalize, Tame, Christianize, Naturalise, Naturalize, Electrify, Wire, Transcribe
Derivative terms: Accommodation, Accommodation, Adaptable, Adaptative, Adapter, Adaptor
2. Verb. Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions. "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
Generic synonyms: Change
Specialized synonyms: Readapt, Readjust, Readapt, Assimilate, Focalise, Focalize, Focus, Acclimate, Acclimatise, Acclimatize, Match, Obey, Square
Derivative terms: Adaptable, Adaptation, Adaption, Adaptive, Adjustive, Adjustment, Adjustment, Conformist
Definition of Adapt
1. a. Fitted; suited.
2. v. t. To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for.
Definition of Adapt
1. Verb. (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit; to proportion. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust: as, to adapt a story or a foreign play for the stage; to adapt an old machine to a new manufacture. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character: as, to bring out a play adapted from the French; a word of an adapted form. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To change oneself so as to be adapted. ¹
5. Adjective. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adapt
1. to make suitable [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: suitable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adapt
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