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11adapt — [v] adjust to a different situation or condition acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, come around, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get act together*, get used to, grow used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify,… …
12adapt — ► 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 …
13adapt — verb 1 change your way of behaving ADVERB ▪ successfully, well ▪ The children have adapted well to the heat. ▪ quickly ▪ easily, readily …
14adapt — v. 1) (D; tr.) to adapt for; from (to adapt a novel for the stage; to adapt a film from a novel) 2) (D; intr., refl., tr.) to adapt to (we adapted quickly to life in Paris; she had to adapt herself to local conditions) * * * [ə dæpt] from (to… …
15adapt — 01. It has taken my family a long time to [adapt] to the cold of Alaska. 02. Animals that live in the desert have evolved wonderful systems of [adaptation] to this severe environment. 03. People in this generation need to be able to [adapt] to… …
16adapt — a|dapt W3 [əˈdæpt] v [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: adapter, from Latin adaptare, from ad to + aptare to make fit , from aptus; APT] 1.) [I and T] to gradually change your behaviour and attitudes in order to be successful in a new situation… …
17adapt — [[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… …
18adapt */*/ — UK [əˈdæpt] / US verb Word forms adapt : present tense I/you/we/they adapt he/she/it adapts present participle adapting past tense adapted past participle adapted 1) a) [intransitive] to change your ideas or behaviour so that you can deal with a… …
19adapt — a|dapt [ ə dæpt ] verb ** intransitive to change your ideas or behavior so that you can deal with a new situation: The company was accused of being slow to adapt. adapt to: Most students have little difficulty adapting to college life. a.… …
20adapt — 1. verb /əˈdæpt/ a) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit; to proportion. They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished. b) To fit by alteration; …
