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adapt

/əˈdæpt/

adapt verb: to make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.

Verb

adapt (third-person singular simple present adapts, present participle adapting, simple past and past participle adapted)

  1. (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
    Synonyms:
    proportion
  2. (transitive) 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. (transitive) 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. (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
    • They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.

Adjective

adapt (comparative more adapt, superlative most adapt)

  1. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.
    • This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.c. 1709, Merlin's Prophecy, Jonathan Swift

adapt meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

adapt in Tamil

தக அமை, சரிப்படுத்து, பொருந்தச்செய், பொருத்தமாக்கு, மாற்றி அமை, வேறுபடுத்தி அமை

adapt in Urdu

موافق ہونا, موافق بنانا, مناسب بنانا

adapt in Malayalam

യോജിച്ചതാക്കുക, ഉപയോഗപ്പെടുത്തുക, ശരിപ്പെടുത്തുക, അനുരൂപമാക്കുക, ഇണങ്ങിച്ചേരുക

adapt in Kannada

ಅಳವಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಸರಿಹೊಂದು, ನೂಲ್ಗೊಳ್ಳು
More languagesFewer languages
adapt in Tagalog
iangkop, umangkop
adapt in Arabic
يتكيف مع
adapt in Vietnamese
thích nghi

Examples of adapt in a sentence

  • Intralingual translation involves adapting a text to a new purpose in the same language.
  • Many immigrants struggle to adapt themselves to the culture of the host country.
  • The fluxity of life requires one to be flexible and adapt to change readily.

All 40 example sentences with adapt

Synonyms of adapt

Forms of adapt

Verb
third-person singular presentadapts
present participleadapting
past participleadapted
pastadapted
Adjective
comparativemore adapt
superlativemost adapt

Past tense of adapt: adapted

Origin of adapt

From 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.

Words formed from adapt

Words that rhyme with adapt

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Questions about adapt

What does adapt mean?
Adapt means to make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
What is adapt in Tamil?
Adapt in Tamil is தக அமை, சரிப்படுத்து, பொருந்தச்செய். See Adapt meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adapt?
Adapt can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce adapt?
Adapt is pronounced /əˈdæpt/.
What is the past tense of adapt?
The past tense of adapt is adapted.

Words near adapt in the dictionary

  1. adapitates
  2. adapoid
  3. adapoids
  4. adaprolol
  5. adaps
  6. adapt
  7. adaptabilities
  8. adaptability
  9. adaptable
  10. adaptableness
  11. adaptably

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: adapt (page history and authors); adapt (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adapt (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adapt (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adapt (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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