adapt

/əˈdæpt/

verb

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

    “to adapt a story for the stage”
  3. 3

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

    “a word of an adapted form”
  4. 4

    To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

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

Synonyms

adjective

  1. 1

    Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

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