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Adapting

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

📖 Definitions of "Adapting"

verb

1
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
2
To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust
"to adapt a story for the stage"
3
To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character
"a word of an adapted form"
4
To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
"They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Adapting"

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Word	Definition
accommodateverb	(transitive) To provide housing for.
conformverb	(transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
adjustverb	(transitive) To modify.
rewriteverb	(transitive) To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.
transcribeverb	To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
embraceverb	(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
espouseverb	(transitive, figurative, modern usage) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).
sweep upverb	(ambitransitive) To clean by sweeping.
acclimatizeverb	(intransitive) To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.
accommodatedverb	(transitive) To provide housing for.
accommodatingnoun	Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful.
accommodationnoun	(chiefly British, usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
adaptabilitynoun	The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
adaptable	Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
adaptationnoun	(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
adaptationsnoun	(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
adapternoun	A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
adaptionnoun	Alternative form of adaptation. [(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.]
adaptive	Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
adequacynoun	The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.