adapt

Betekenis

Verb

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

Adj

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈdæpt/

Etimologie

From Middle French adapter, from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.