adapt
adapt
Definition
adapt (ə dapt′)
transitive verb
- to make fit or suitable by changing or adjusting
- to adjust (oneself) to new or changed circumstances
Etymology: Fr adapter < L adaptare < ad-, to + aptare, to fit: see apt
intransitive verb
to adjust oneself
adapt
Synonyms
adapt
v.
To alter or adjust
modify, adjust, readjust; see accommodate 2, change 1.To adapt oneself
accustom, acclimate, accommodate; see change 4, conform. See syn. study atadjust.
adapt
Usage Examples
Object
- toilet: Adapted toilets off main foyer at Dress Circle level.
- WC: Adapted WC on the right inside Ramillies Place entrance.
- curriculum: How can we adapt the curriculum to the needs of disabled learners?
- recipe: You can adapt any conventional buttercream recipe by substituting vegan margarine for butter and soya milk for cow's milk.
- translation: In this case we can adapt the translation via rejection.
- novel: The BBC has once again done a masterful job of adapting the novel to the format of radio drama.
Modifying Another Word
- specially: We have received a question about specially adapted vision in Ospreys.
Infinitive complement
- suit: My faith now is somewhat adapted to suit me.
- cope: S36 when the invertebrate populations are least adapted to cope.
- accommodate: Cars adapted to accommodate wheelchair users are vital to disabled people to get out and about and enjoy active lives.
- survive: Prairie grass Temperate forest â Trees have adapted to survive many climates.
- meet: In what ways might they be adapted to meet new needs?
- fit: Consider how your patterns might be adapted to fit your cover size.
Present participle complement
- accord: All our activities are risk assessed before we start, and adapted according to any necessary control measures.
- exist: The guide gives advice on how to design new sports buildings and alter or adapt existing buildings to ensure good access.
- depend: The workshops are designed and adapted depending on the particular circumstances of the community group, school, college or university.
Preposition: from
- novel: It is adapted from the best-selling semi-autobiographical novel by Esther Freud, who was in effect one of the children.
- audit: This resource is adapted from the original audit developed the Center for Bioscience.
Preposition: for
- television: Ayo: Are there any plans for Run For Home to be adapted for television?
- audience: These demonstrations can also be adapted for general non-scientist audiences.
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