English

Etymology
From MF. adapter.

Pronunciation
US: IPA|/��dæpt/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æpt|-æpt

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit; to proportion.
2. transitive To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust: as, to adapt a story or a foreign play for the stage; to adapt an old machine to a new manufacture.
3. transitive To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character: as, to bring out a play adapted from the French; a word of an adapted form.

Translations

Catalan: adaptar
Finnish: sovittaa
French: adapter
German: adaptieren
Ido: adaptar
Japanese: ���� (teki� suru)
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Korean: �����
Novial: adapta
Slovene: prilagoditi (1), prirediti (2)

Adjective
en-adj

1. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

Translations

Albanian: adapt
Finnish: sopiva

Related terms
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adaptability
adaptable
adaptableness
adaptably
adaptation
adaptational
adaptative
adaptatively
adaptativeness
adaptedness
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adaption
adaptional
adaptitude
adaptive
adaptively
adaptiveness
adaptly
adaptness
adaptorial

References
R:Century 1911

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