adapt — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   proportion

2. To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   to adapt a story for the stage

   to adapt an old machine to a new manufacture

3. To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   to bring out a play adapted from the French

   a word of an adapted form

4. To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.

Adjective

1. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

   Examples

   This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.

Verb

1. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose

   Synonyms

   accommodate

   Broader terms

   changealtermodify

   Examples

   Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country

2. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

   Synonyms

   adjustconform

   Broader terms

   get used to

   Examples

   We must adjust to the bad economic situation