adapt

(ə-dăpt')

v., a·dapt·ed, a·dapt·ing, a·dapts.

v.tr.
To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation.

v.intr.
To become adapted: a species that has adapted well to winter climes.

[Middle English adapten, from Latin adaptāre : ad-, ad- + aptāre, to fit (from aptus, fitting; see apt).]

adaptedness a·dapt'ed·ness n.

SYNONYMS   adapt, accommodate, adjust, conform, fit, reconcile. These verbs mean to make suitable to or consistent with a particular situation or use: adapted themselves to city life; can't accommodate myself to the new requirements; adjusting their behavior to the rules; conforming her life to accord with her moral principles; fitting the punishment to the crime; couldn't reconcile his reassuring words with his hostile actions.
ANTONYM  unfit

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verb

To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adjust, conform, fashion, fit, reconcile, square, suit, tailor. See change/persist.

v

Definition: adjust to a different situation or condition
Antonyms: disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit

To make suitable for a particular purpose or new requirements or conditions, by means of modifications or changes.

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IN BRIEF: To change or get in line with new circumstances.

The horse took some time to adapt to the new barn.

Tutor's tip: When some people are asked to "adapt" (or adjust) to new circumstances, they prove that they are more "adept" (more than capable; expert) than others. To "adopt" means to take into one's family.

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any of a family of proteins encoded by oxidant stress-inducible genes that provide partial protection against such stress. The genes are also inducible by calcium ionophores or by inceased intracellular calcium. Adapt78 (also called DSCR1 or Down syndrome critical region 1) is a 25 kDa protein that specifically binds and inhibits calcineurin, which has a role in stress-induced apoptosis. Adapt78 gene is the most responsive to calcium of the various adapts; its gene is highly expressed in neurons of cerebral cortex and hippocampus, and is overexpressed in brains of Down syndrome sufferers.

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• Party Functions and Political Practices - adapt: (vb) vote to pass or accept

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tilpasse, afpasse, afstemme
v. intr. - indstille sig på, indrette sig efter, tilpasse sig

Nederlands (Dutch)
aanpassen, bewerken (voor toneel etc.), wennen aan nieuwe situatie

Français (French)
v. tr. - adapter, s'adapter, approprier, ajuster qch à qn, se faire à, adapter (un roman pour la télévision), s'accommoder
v. intr. - s'adapter

Deutsch (German)
v. - adaptieren, angleichen, anpassen, bearbeiten, sich anpassen, sich angleichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προσαρμόζω/-ομαι, διασκευάζω

Italiano (Italian)
adattare, adattarsi, ridurre

Português (Portuguese)
v. - adaptar, ajustar, alterar

Русский (Russian)
приспособлять, приноровить, адаптировать, облегчать, приспосабливаться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - adaptar, acomodar, adecuar, amoldar
v. intr. - adaptarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avpassa, anpassa, bearbeta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使适应, 使适合, 改建, 改造, 改编, 改写, 适应

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使適應, 使適合, 改建, 改造, 改編, 改寫
v. intr. - 適應

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 적합 시키다, 응용하다, 각색하다
v. intr. - 순응하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 適合させる, 改造する, 脚色する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتكيف, يكيف, يهيء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התאים, סיגל, עיבד‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתגל‬

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