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• adapt — adapt·a·bil·i·ty; adapt·able; adapt·a·tive; adapt·ed; adapt·er; adapt·ive; pre·adapt; re·adapt; adapt; adapt·ive·ly; …   English syllables

• able — ab·sorb·able; ac·count·able; ac·tion·able; adapt·able; ad·vance·able; ad·vis·able·ness; al·lege·able; al·ter·able; ami·able·ness; bounce·able; brib·able; bridge·able; buff·able; build·able; burn·able; can·cel·able; change·able; change·able·ness;… …   English syllables

• adapt — UK US /əˈdæpt/ verb ► [I] to become familiar with a new situation: adapt to sth »To remain competitive the company has to be able to adapt to the changing marketplace. adapt to doing sth »Dick has adapted very well to running a multinational. ►… …   Financial and business terms

• adapt — 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… …   Grammatical examples in English

• adapt — verb 1 change your way of behaving ADVERB ▪ successfully, well ▪ The children have adapted well to the heat. ▪ quickly ▪ easily, readily …   Collocations dictionary

• adaptable — adapt·able …   English syllables

• Giant Black Rat — Giant black rats are a fictional species of ferocious radiation spawned rodents featured in James Herbert s horror novels The Rats which was first published in 1974, Lair in 1979 and Domain in 1985. They would later appear in the graphic novel… …   Wikipedia

• adaptable — (adj.) 1800, from ADAPT (Cf. adapt) + ABLE (Cf. able) …   Etymology dictionary

• adaptable — adaptability, adaptableness, n. /euh dap teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. capable of being adapted. 2. able to adjust oneself readily to different conditions: an adaptable person. [1790 1800; ADAPT + ABLE] * * * …   Universalium

• adapted — adapt UK US /əˈdæpt/ verb ► [I] to become familiar with a new situation: adapt to sth »To remain competitive the company has to be able to adapt to the changing marketplace. adapt to doing sth »Dick has adapted very well to running a… …   Financial and business terms