/əˈdæpt/
OriginFrom Middle English *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.
- transitiveTo make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
- transitiveTo 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”
- transitiveTo 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”
- intransitiveTo make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
“They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.”
- Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.
“This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.”
Formsadapts(present, singular, third-person) · adapting(participle, present) · adapted(participle, past) · adapted(past) · more adapt(comparative) · most adapt(superlative)