adapt
verbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- //əˈdæpt//
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
verb
- 1
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
- 2
To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
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.
to bring out a play adapted from the French
a word of an adapted form
- 4
To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt From Middle English *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.
adjective
- 1
Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.
This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.
Forms
- comparative
- more adapt
- superlative
- most adapt
- past tense
- adapted
- past participle
- adapted
- present participle
- adapting
- third person singular
- adapts
adapt · To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
adaptation · The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a…adapted · Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a…add · To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several…