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adapt

The correct spelling is adapt.

How to pronounce adapt

/əˈdæpt/
verb

IPA: /əˈdæpt/

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The correct spelling is adapt. To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit For example: "to adapt a story for the stage"

Usage Examples

to adapt a story for the stage

a word of an adapted form

They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
  2. 2.To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust
  3. 3.To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character
  4. 4.To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

adjective

  1. 1.Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

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