adapt

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/əˈdæpt/ English

Definitions

verb

To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust“to adapt a story for the stage”
To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character“a word of an adapted form”
To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.“They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.”

adjective

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

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Synonyms

proportion accommodate conform adjust rewrite transcribe embrace espouse sweep up adaptation adaptive adaption adapter adaptability adaptable habilitation shape

Associated

changing surroundings screenplay environment circumstances climate conditions needs lifestyle changes demands

Rhymes

rapt snapped trapped wrapped strapped chapped kidnapped handicapped mapped entrapped

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