adapt (verb)
1adapt — ► VERB 1) make suitable for a new use or purpose. 2) become adjusted to new conditions. DERIVATIVES adaptive adjective. ORIGIN Latin adaptare, from aptus fit …
2adapt — verb 1 change your way of behaving ADVERB ▪ successfully, well ▪ The children have adapted well to the heat. ▪ quickly ▪ easily, readily …
3adapt — 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… …
4adapt — UK US /əˈdæpt/ verb ► [I] to become familiar with a new situation: adapt to sth »To remain competitive the company has to be able to adapt to the changing marketplace. adapt to doing sth »Dick has adapted very well to running a multinational. ►… …
5adapt — I verb acclimatize, accommodate oneself, adjust, alter, aptare, arrange, change, comply with, conform, convert, correlate, fashion, fit, make conformable, make suitable, modify, modulate, readjust, reconcile, regularize, render accordant, revise …
6adapt — 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… …
7adapt — verb 1》 make suitable for a new use or purpose. 2》 become adjusted to new conditions. Derivatives adaptive adjective adaptively adverb adaptivity noun Origin ME: from Fr. adapter, from L. adaptare, from ad to + aptare (from aptus fit ) …
8adapt — verb 1) we ve adapted the procedures to suit their needs Syn: modify, alter, change, adjust, readjust, convert, redesign, restyle, refashion, remodel, reshape, revamp, rework, rejig, redo, reconstruct, reorganize; …
9adapt — verb 1) the policy can be adapted Syn: modify, alter, change, adjust, remodel, reorganize, customize, tailor; informal tweak 2) he adapts well to new surroundings Syn: adjust, conform …
10adapt — [[t]ədæ̱pt[/t]] adapts, adapting, adapted 1) VERB If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully. [V to n] The world will be different, and we will have to be… …
