adapt

Meaning

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.

Concepts

adapt

adjust

accommodate

fit

conform

modify

assimilate

change

match

apply

alter

acclimatize

arrange

acclimate

regulate

gear

key

turn into

fashion

transfer

make practical use

become accustomed to

make over

reconcile

square

settle

suit

attune

tune

transcribe

transpose

coordinate

grow accustomed

array

fix up

renovate

affix

install

move into place

put into place

relocate

convert

parody

reconstruct

remake

remold

remould

rewrite

be able to be adapted

be adaptable

corrupt

modulate

accomodate

put

connect

join

prepare

accommodate to

joint

set

adaptable

adjustment

conformability

conformation

adopt

select

fit in

relate

formulate

fix

mount

place

concord

agree

comply

conform to

defer

toe the line

accustom

naturalise

socialise

socialize

readapt

enforce

atone

conciliate

mesh

put right

realise

transplant

try

try on

familiarize

make suitable

process

treat

readjust

integrate

orient oneself

orientate oneself

settle in

configure

adapt oneself

adaptation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈdæpt/

Etymology

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