adapt

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/əˈdæpt/

Definition of adapt

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
  2. (transitive)To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
    “to adapt a story for the stage”
    “to adapt an old machine to a new manufacture”
  3. (transitive)To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
    “to bring out a play adapted from the French”
    “a word of an adapted form”
  4. (intransitive)To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
    “They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.”

adj

  1. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.
    “This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt 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.

Anagrams of adapt

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15 playable · top: ATAP (6 pts)

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2-letter words

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