to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
verb (used without object)
to adjust oneself to different conditions, environment, etc.: to adapt easily to all circumstances.
Origin of adapt
1605–15; <Latin adaptāre to fit, adjust, perhaps via French adapter.See ad-, apt
To do this, these insects have evolved, or adapted, to the environment in which their hosts dwell.
One tiny sea parasite survives 200 times atmospheric pressure|Shi En Kim|September 25, 2020|Science News For Students
While sparrows can whistle louder and at higher pitch to adapt, not all birds can and that can prevent them from roosting in the city.
Bird songs got sexier during the COVID-19 shutdown|Ula Chrobak|September 24, 2020|Popular Science
In this week’s presentation, we explore how several different industries including retail, venture capital, corporate real estate, banking, and higher education are adapting to Covid-19 and preparing for a new normal.
10 ways industries are changing in response to Covid-19|Chika Dunga|September 24, 2020|Quartz
Whether our consumers will adapt and really like it, we don’t know yet, but that’s part of this really big experiment.
Would You Pay for a Subscription for Running Shoes?|Tim Sohn|September 24, 2020|Outside Online
Since that season, defenses have adapted, lineups have shifted and coaches have given the green light to more and more 3-point shots.
Jamal Murray Isn’t The New Steph Curry, But He Might Be Close|Michael Pina|September 22, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
But even if you did have the chance to adapt them into films, would you even want to, especially after making two trilogies?
‘No Regrets’: Peter Jackson Says Goodbye to Middle-Earth|Alex Suskind|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the best cases, they model and teach how to adjust and adapt appropriately.
Tony La Russa Explains How To Make It To The World Series|Dave Pottruck|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We are in London so I wanted to adapt some of the local culture,” Zhang told The Daily Beast.
Is New York Fashion Week Now the Cool Kid on the Block?|Liza Foreman|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the end, it was the ability of the senior non-coms and junior officers to adapt and adjust that made the landings successful.
D-Day Historian Craig Symonds Talks About History’s Most Amazing Invasion|Marc Wortman|June 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kate's failure to adapt her dresses for the rigors of public life only hurts herself.
Kate Middleton's History of Flesh-Flashing Wardrobe Malfunctions|Tom Sykes|May 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is no man living so quick to feel your mood, and so ready to adapt himself to it, as is the true Westerner.
The Sky Pilot|Ralph Connor
And you two 'live in your house at the side of the road, to be good friends to man,'--if I may adapt those homely words.
The Second Violin|Grace S. Richmond
You see, my dear fellow, I'm too old to adapt myself to the customs of the day.
Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe|Eugne Brieux
To receive and condense the products, we adapt a recipient, E, Pl.
Elements of Chemistry,|Antoine Lavoisier
A man's eye doesn't get a chance to adapt itself to the highest hills by measuring the gentler slopes that are nearer to him.
Jack the Young Canoeman|George Bird Grinnell
British Dictionary definitions for adapt
adapt
/ (əˈdæpt) /
verb
(often foll by to)to adjust (someone or something, esp oneself) to different conditions, a new environment, etc
(tr)to fit, change, or modify to suit a new or different purposeto adapt a play for use in schools