adapt

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

   I adapted to my environment.

2. 2
   verb

   to modify or adjust for a new purpose or condition

   The human eye's pupil adapts in dark environments by expanding to allow more light into the retina.

3. 3
   verb

   To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.

   to adapt a story for the stage

4. 4
   verb

   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

5. 5
   verb

   To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

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

6. 6
   adj

   Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

   This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.

7. 7
   verb

   To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.

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 -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.