Adapt
21adapt — verb Etymology: French or Latin; French adapter, from Latin adaptare, from ad + aptare to fit, from aptus apt, fit Date: 15th century transitive verb to make fit (as for a specific or new use or situation) often by modification intransitive verb… …
22adapt — adaptedness, n. /euh dapt /, v.t. 1. to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies. v.i. 2. to adjust oneself to different conditions,… …
23ADAPT — American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today [organization]; Association for Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Treatment; Automated Data Analysis and Pattern Recognition Toolkit * * * adapt ə dapt vt to make fit (as for a specific or new use or… …
24adapt — See adapt, adept, adopt …
25adapt to — phr verb Adapt to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑change, ↑environment, ↑suit, ↑surroundings …
26adapt — Synonyms and related words: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, accustom, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, agree with, alter, ameliorate, arrange, assimilate, assimilate to, attune, be guided by, bend, better, break, break… …
27adapt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. suit, conform, regulate, fit; adjust, convert, reconcile. See agreement. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To alter or adjust] Syn. modify, adjust, readjust; see accommodate 2 , change 1 . 2. [To adapt oneself]… …
28adapt — a·dapt || É™ dæpt v. conform; change, make suitable; match, fit; adapt oneself, become adjusted …
29adapt — verb 1 (I, T) to gradually change your behaviour and attitudes so that you get used to a new situation and can deal with it successfully (+ to): The children are finding it hard to adapt to their new school. | plants that have adapted themselves… …
30adapt — /əˈdæpt / (say uh dapt) verb (t) 1. to make suitable to requirements; adjust or modify fittingly. –verb (i) 2. to adjust oneself: to adapt to new surroundings. {Latin adaptāre} …
