adapt

UK /əˈdæpt/ US /əˈdæpt/
verb 4adj 1

Definitions

verb

1

To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.

2

To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.

to adapt a story for the stage

to adapt an old machine to a new manufacture

3

To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.

to bring out a play adapted from the French

a word of an adapted form

4

To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.

adj

1

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.

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