adapt
//əˈdæpt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- adapt
- past (v2)
- adapted
- past participle (v3)
- adapted
- present participle
- adapting
- 3rd person singular
- adapts
- Comparative
- more adapt
- Superlative
- most adapt
Definitions
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.
3.To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
4.To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
- They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.
1.Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.
- This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3081
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *aptos
Latin aptus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō