a|dapt

a|dapt
a|dapt «uh DAPT», transitive verb.
1. to make fit or suitable; adjust: »

Cats can adapt themselves very well to indoor life. Can you adapt your way of working to the new job? But one of the striking facts of nature is the ability of living things to adapt themselves to practically any environment on earth (Scientific American).

SYNONYM(S): accommodate, temper. See syn. under adjust. (Cf.adjust)
2. to change to fit a different use: »

The boys adapted the old barn for use by the club. This motion picture has been adapted from a short story.

–v.i.
to become adjusted: »

The Australopithecines…were still in the process of adapting to erect progression (Science).

[< Latin adaptāre < ad- to + aptāre join < aptus fitted, joined]
Usage Adapt meaning “make suitable” is followed by the preposition to: »

His style is not adapted to adults.

Adapt meaning “revise” is followed by for or from: »

The story was adapted for the movies. It was adapted from a novel by Sinclair Lewis.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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