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- [uh-dapt]
- /əˈdæpt/
- /əˈdæpt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-dapt]
- /əˈdæpt/
Definitions of adapt word
- verb adapt If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully. 3
- verb adapt If you adapt something, you change it to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation. 3
- verb adapt If you adapt a book or play, you change it so that it can be made into a film or a television programme. 3
- verb adapt to adjust (someone or something, esp oneself) to different conditions, a new environment, etc 3
- verb adapt to fit, change, or modify to suit a new or different purpose 3
- verb transitive adapt to make fit or suitable by changing or adjusting 3
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Origin of adapt
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < Latin adaptāre to fit, adjust, perhaps via French adapter. See ad-, apt
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Parts of speech for Adapt
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adapt popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
adapt usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for adapt
verb adapt
- accustom — If you accustom yourself or another person to something, you make yourself or them become used to it.
- fit — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- prepare — to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- conform — If something conforms to something such as a law or someone's wishes, it is of the required type or quality.
- acclimate — When you acclimate or are acclimated to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
Antonyms for adapt
verb adapt
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- dislocate — to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
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