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adansonia gregorii |
adapa |
adapid |
adapid group |
adapin |
adapt
| adaptability
| adaptable
| adaptableness
| adaptation
| adaptational
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb adapt has 2 senses
- adapt(v = verb.change) accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" is one way to alter, change, vary
- adapt(v = verb.change) adjust, conform - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" is one way to change
Derived forms adjective adaptable1, adjective adaptative1, noun adapter2, noun adaptor1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms adjective adaptable1, noun adaptation2, noun adaption1, adjective adaptive1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
adapt, a.
Fitted; suited. Swift. [1913 Webster]
To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for. [1913 Webster]
"For nature, always in the right,
To your decays adapts my sight." [1913 Webster]
To your decays adapts my sight." [1913 Webster]
"Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature."
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"Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
adapt, v.
1 tr. a (foll. by to) fit, adjust (one thing to another). b (foll. by to, for) make suitable for a purpose. c alter or modify (esp. a text). d arrange for broadcasting etc.
2 intr. & refl. (usu. foll. by to) become adjusted to new conditions.
1 tr. a (foll. by to) fit, adjust (one thing to another). b (foll. by to, for) make suitable for a purpose. c alter or modify (esp. a text). d arrange for broadcasting etc.
2 intr. & refl. (usu. foll. by to) become adjusted to new conditions.
Derivative
adaptive adj. adaptively adv.
Etymology
F adapter f. L adaptare (as AD-, aptare f. aptus fit)
THESAURUS
adapt
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, accustom, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, agree with, alter, ameliorate, arrange, assimilate, assimilate to, attune, be guided by, bend, better, break, break in, break up, capacitate, case harden, change, chime in with, comply, comply with, compose, condition, confirm, conform, convert, coordinate, correct, correspond, cut to, deform, denature, discipline, diversify, domesticate, domesticize, enable, equalize, equip, establish, fall in with, familiarize, fashion, fit, fix, follow, furnish, gear to, gentle, go by, habituate, harden, harmonize, homologate, homologize, housebreak, improve, instrument, instrumentate, inure, key to, make an adaptation, make conform, make plumb, make uniform, measure, meet, meliorate, melodize, mitigate, modify, modulate, mold, musicalize, mutate, naturalize, observe, orchestrate, orient, orient the map, orientate, overthrow, proportion, put in trim, put in tune, put to music, quadrate, qualify, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconcile, reconstruct, rectify, redesign, refit, reform, regulate, remake, remodel, renew, reshape, restructure, revamp, revive, right, ring the changes, rub off corners, score, season, set, set right, set to music, settle, shape, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, similarize, square, straighten, subvert, suit, sync, synchronize, tailor, tally with, tame, temper, train, transcribe, transpose, trim to, true, true up, tune, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, vary, wont, work a change, worsen, write, yieldROGET THESAURUS
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Agreement
VB be accordant, agree, accord, harmonize, correspond, tally, respond, meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to, fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with, dovetail, assimilate, fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T, match, become one, homologate, consent, render accordant, fit, suit, adapt, accommodate, graduate, adjust, dress, regulate, readjust, accord, harmonize, reconcile, fadge, dovetail, square.Equality
VB be equal, equal, match, reach, keep pace with, run abreast, come to, amount to, come up to, be on a level with, lie on a level with, balance, cope with, come to the same thing, render equal, equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise, fit, accommodate, adapt, strike a balance, establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium, readjust, stretch on the bed of Procrustes.
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