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Adapt (verb)
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
“proportion”
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Adapt (verb)
To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust
“to adapt a story for the stage”
“to adapt an old machine to a new manufacture”
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Adapt (verb)
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”
“a word of an adapted form”
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Adapt (verb)
To change oneself so as to be adapted.
“They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.”
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Adapt (adjective)
Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.
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Adjust (verb)
To modify.
“Morimoto’s recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate.”
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Adjust (verb)
To improve or rectify.
“He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data.”
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Adjust (verb)
To settle an insurance claim.
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Adjust (verb)
To change to fit circumstances.
“Most immigrants adjust quickly to a new community.”
“She waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness.”