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Adapt Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Adapt? [v] adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" [v] make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Adapt: accommodate \| adjust \| conform Related Terms \| Find terms related to Adapt: 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 in \| break up \| capacitate \| case harden \| change \| chime in with \| comply \| comply with \| compose \| condition \| confirm \| conform \| convert \| coordinate \| correct \| correspond \| cut to \| deform \| denature \| discipline \| diversify \| domesticate \| domesticize \| enable \| equalize \| equip \| establish \| fall in with \| familiarize \| fashion \| fit \| fix \| follow \| furnish \| gear to \| gentle \| go by \| habituate \| harden \| harmonize \| homologate \| homologize \| housebreak \| improve \| instrument \| instrumentate \| inure \| key to \| make an adaptation \| make conform \| make plumb \| make uniform \| measure \| meet \| meliorate \| melodize \| mitigate \| modify \| modulate \| mold \| musicalize \| mutate \| naturalize \| observe \| orchestrate \| orient \| orient the map \| orientate \| overthrow \| proportion \| put in trim \| put in tune \| put to music \| quadrate \| qualify \| realign \| rebuild \| reconcile \| reconstruct \| re-create \| rectify \| redesign \| refit \| reform \| regulate \| remake \| remodel \| renew \| reshape \| restructure \| revamp \| revive \| right \| ring the changes \| rub off corners \| score \| season \| set \| set right \| set to music \| settle \| shape \| shift the scene \| shuffle the cards \| similarize \| square \| straighten \| subvert \| suit \| sync \| synchronize \| tailor \| tally with \| tame \| temper \| train \| transcribe \| transpose \| trim to \| true \| true up \| tune \| turn the scale \| turn the tables \| turn the tide \| turn upside down \| vary \| wont \| work a change \| worsen \| write \| yield See Also \| acclimate \| acclimatise \| acclimatize \| alter \| anglicise \| anglicize \| assimilate \| change \| cultivate \| domesticate \| electrify \| fit \| focalise \| focalize \| focus \| gear \| match \| naturalise \| naturalize \| obey \| pitch \| readapt \| readjust \| shoehorn \| square \| tailor \| tame \| transcribe \| vary \| wire Adapt In Webster's Dictionary \Adapt"\, a. Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift. \Adapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adapted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adapting}.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F. adapter. See {Apt}, {Adept}.] 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. For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts my sight. --Swift. Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. --Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. --Macaulay.

Adapt Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adapt?

[v] adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
[v] make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adapt: accommodate | adjust | conform

Adapt In Webster's Dictionary

\A*dapt"\, a.
Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.


\A*dapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adapted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Adapting}.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F.
adapter. See {Apt}, {Adept}.]
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.

      For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts
      my sight.                                --Swift.

      Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. --Angus.

      Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy
      persons.                                 --Macaulay.

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