Meaning of ADAPT
| Pronunciation: | | u'dapt
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [v] adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
- [v] make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
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ADAPT is a 5 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | accommodate, adjust, conform |
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| | See Also: | | acclimate, acclimatise, acclimatize, alter, anglicise, anglicize, assimilate, change, cultivate, domesticate, electrify, fit, focalise, focalize, focus, gear, match, naturalise, naturalize, obey, pitch, readapt, readjust, shoehorn, square, tailor, tame, transcribe, vary, wire | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\A*dapt"\, a.
Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.
\A*dapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adapted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Adapting}.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F.
adapter. See {Apt}, {Adept}.]
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.
For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts
my sight. --Swift.
Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. --Angus.
Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy
persons. --Macaulay.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A subset of apt. [Sammet 1969, p. 606]. |
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