adapt

Pronunciation: /əˈdæpt/

The English word “adapt” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

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

adjective

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

Etymology

From Middle English *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.

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