adapt
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
Verb 4 meanings
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
“to adapt a story for the stage”
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”
To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
“They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.
Etymology
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.
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ADAPT at a glance
ADAPT has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (A 1 + D 2 + A 1 + P 3 + T 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,195 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with adapt
All rhymes- LEAPT7
- RAPT6
- INAPT7
- CHAPT12
- TRAPT7
- READAPT10
- WRAPT10
- UNAPT7
- ENRAPT8
- COAPT9
- SWAPT10
- BELEAPT11
One letter away
- ADOPT8
- ADEPT8
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