adapt

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈdæpt/ Rhymes: -æpt === Verb === adapt (third-person singular simple present adapts, present participle adapting, simple past and past participle adapted) (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit. Synonym: proportion (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust. (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character. (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === adapt (comparative more adapt, superlative most adapt) Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt. ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adapt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === APDTA == Scots == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈdap(t)/ === Verb === adapt (third-person singular simple present adapts, present participle adaptin, simple past and past participle adaptit) to adapt === References === Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.