Defenition of the word adapt
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Defenition of the word adapt
- To change to reach a certain scope or condition.
- make fit or tailor something to something; "Words accommodate their meanings to other words in the same sentence"
- get accustomed or used (to something); "We never adapted to life in the U.S."
- rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "adapt a play for use in schools"
- rewrite a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended; arrange
- adapt or conform oneself; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
- take up the cause or ideology of (beliefs, tasks, etc.)
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
Synonyms for the word adapt
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- accommodate
- adjust
- conform
- embrace
- espouse
- rewrite
- sweep up
- transcribe
Hyponyms for the word adapt
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- acclimate
- acclimatise
- acclimatize
- adjust
- anglicise
- anglicize
- assimilate
- Christianize
- cultivate
- domesticate
- electrify
- fit
- focalise
- focalize
- focus
- gear
- match
- naturalise
- naturalize
- obey
- orient
- pitch
- readapt
- readjust
- shoehorn
- square
- tailor
- tame
- transcribe
- wire
Hypernyms for the word adapt
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- accept
- alter
- arrange
- change
- compose
- indite
- pen
- set
- vary
- write
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