adapt meaning

adapt as a verb

1. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
   • Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country

   Synonyms: accommodate

   Type of: change

   Kinds: adjust, gear, fit, anglicise, shoehorn, tailor, domesticate, Christianize, naturalize, electrify, transcribe

   Related forms: adaptative, adaptable, adaptor, adapter

2. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
   • We must adjust to the bad economic situation

   Synonyms: adjust, conform

   Type of: get used to

   Kinds: readjust, readapt, assimilate, focus, acclimatize, match, obey, square

   Related forms: adaptive, adaptable, adaptation, adaption

adapt in a sentence

• Man has a great capacity to adapt to environmental changes.
• He tried to adapt himself to his new surroundings.
• It is generally hard to adapt to living in a foreign culture.
• Young animals adapt quickly to a new environment.
• Some plants cannot adapt themselves to the cold.

How to pronounce adapt

adapt is pronounced /əˈdæpt/ in British English and /əˈdæpt/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with adapt

• wrapped
• trapped
• rapt