adapt
/əˈdæpt/verb2 syllables
Adapt means: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.
Synonyms for adapt4
verb, as in make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
What does adapt mean?2
verb
1
adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions“We must adjust to the bad economic situation”
2
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose“Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with adapt?11
Adapt in a sentence
- Schools should adapt to students, not the other way around.DJ_Saidez
- Instead of limiting yourself to the manual, it's also important that you adapt.urro
- If you want to survive, you must adapt; there is no other way possible.saverius
- Sometimes, we must adapt and change to overcome the struggles we encounter.Nuel
- Vaccine makers are already adapting their shots to the new strains, just in case.Hybrid
- It is generally hard to adapt to living in a foreign culture.CK
- You will soon adapt yourself to this new life.CM
- It is hard to adapt this story for children.CM
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Forms of adapt
as a verb
- past tense
- adapted
- present participle
- adapting
- third-person singular
- adapts
- past participle
- adapted