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adapt
fit, adjust, alter, or modify: She will adapt the costume to fit.
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a·dapt
(ə-dăpt′)v. a·dapt·ed, a·dapt·ing, a·dapts
v.tr.
1. To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation: adapted the novel into a movie; adapted the company policy to take internet use into account.
2. To cause to be able to survive and reproduce under certain conditions. Used in the passive: "Every species is adapted to a rather restricted selection of properties of the environment" (Ernst Mayr).
v.intr.
To become adapted: a species that has adapted to a low-oxygen environment.
[Middle English adapten, from Latin adaptāre : ad-, ad- + aptāre, to fit (from aptus, fitting; see apt).]
a·dapt′ed·ness n.
Synonyms: adapt, accommodate, adjust, conform, fit1
These verbs mean to make suitable to or consistent with a particular situation or use: adapted themselves to city life; can't accommodate myself to the new requirements; adjusting their behavior to the rules; conforming my life to accord with my moral principles; fitting the punishment to the crime.
These verbs mean to make suitable to or consistent with a particular situation or use: adapted themselves to city life; can't accommodate myself to the new requirements; adjusting their behavior to the rules; conforming my life to accord with my moral principles; fitting the punishment to the crime.
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adapt
(əˈdæpt)vb
1. (often foll by to) to adjust (someone or something, esp oneself) to different conditions, a new environment, etc
2. (tr) to fit, change, or modify to suit a new or different purpose: to adapt a play for use in schools.
[C17: from Latin adaptāre, from ad- to + aptāre to fit, from aptus apt]
aˈdaptable adj
aˌdaptaˈbility, aˈdaptableness n
aˈdaptive adj
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a•dapt
(əˈdæpt)v.t.
1. to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.
v.i. 2. to adjust oneself to different conditions, environment, etc.
a•dapt′ed•ness, n.
syn: See adjust.
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adapt
Past participle: adapted
Gerund: adapting
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| Verb | 1. |  adapt - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"vary, alter, change - become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" adjust - make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness" gear, pitch - set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience" fit - insert or adjust several objects or people; "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment" anglicise, anglicize - make English in appearance; "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London" shoehorn - fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited tailor, orient - adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings" domesticate, tame - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" domesticate, tame, cultivate, naturalise, naturalize - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" Christianize - adapt in the name of Christianity; "some people want to Christianize ancient pagan sites" naturalise, naturalize - adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting" transcribe - rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended |
| 2. |  adapt - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" readapt - adapt anew; "He readapted himself" assimilate - become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly" acclimate, acclimatise, acclimatize - get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt" match - be equal or harmonize; "The two pieces match" obey - be obedient to square - cause to match, as of ideas or acts |
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adapt
verb
1. adjust, change, match, alter, modify, accommodate, comply, conform, reconcile, harmonize, familiarize, habituate, acclimatize Things will be different and we will have to adapt.
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adapt
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَتَكَيَّفُيُكَيِّف، يُلَائِم
přizpůsobit seupravit
tilpassebearbejde
sopeutua
prilagoditi
aîlaga
適合させる
적응시키다
adapterisgarso ėmiklislengvai prisitaikantisprisitaikymasprisitaikyti
adaptētpielāgotpiemērot
prireditiprivaditi se
anpassa
ปรับตัว
uyum sağlamakuyarlamak
thích nghi
adapt
[əˈdæpt]A. VT
1. [+ machine] → ajustar, adaptar; [+ building] → remodelar
it is perfectly adapted to its environment → está adaptado perfectamente a su ambiente
to adapt o.s. to sth → adaptarse a algo, ajustarse a algo
it is perfectly adapted to its environment → está adaptado perfectamente a su ambiente
to adapt o.s. to sth → adaptarse a algo, ajustarse a algo
B. VI → adaptarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
adapt
[əˈdæpt]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
adapt
vt → anpassen (→ to +dat); machine → umstellen (→ to, for auf +acc); vehicle, building → umbauen (to, for für); text, book → adaptieren, bearbeiten (for für); adapted to your requirements → nach Ihren Wünschen abgeändert; adapted for Arctic conditions → arktischen Verhältnissen angepasst; adapted for children/television → für Kinder/für das Fernsehen adaptiert or bearbeitet; adapted from the Spanish → aus dem Spanischen übertragen und bearbeitet
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
adapt
[əˈdæpt]1. vt (machine) → modificare, fare delle modifiche a; (building) → trasformare; (text) → adattare
to adapt o.s. to sth → adattarsi a qc
to adapt o.s. to sth → adattarsi a qc
2. vi to adapt (to) → adattarsi (a)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
adapt
(əˈdӕpt) verb to change or alter (so as to fit a different situation etc). She always adapted easily to new circumstances; He has adapted the play for television.
ˌadapˈtation (ӕ-) nounaˈdaptable adjective
willing or able to change to fit in with different circumstances. Children are usually very adaptable.
aˌdaptaˈbility nounaˈdaptor noun
a device which enables an electrical plug of one type to be used in a socket of another type, or several plugs to be used in the same socket at the same time.
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adapt
→ يَتَكَيَّفُ přizpůsobit se tilpasse anpassen (sich) προσαρμόζω adaptar, adaptarse sopeutua s'adapter prilagoditi adattarsi 適合させる 적응시키다 aanpassen tilpasse dostosować adaptar приспосабливать(ся) anpassa ปรับตัว uyum sağlamak thích nghi 改编Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
adapt
vt. adaptar;
vr. adaptarse, ajustarse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
adapt
vt, vi adaptar(se)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.