English Explanatory Dictionary

adapt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
  2. To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
  3. To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
  4. To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
adj
  1. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

Pronunciation

/əˈdæpt/ En-us-adapt.ogg

Word forms

adapt adapts adapting adapted more adapt most adapt

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt 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.

Synonyms

proportion

Related words

adaptability adaptableness adaptably adaptational adaptatively adaptativeness adaptedness adaptional adaptive adaptively adaptiveness adaptorial

Derived words

adaptable adaptate adaptation adaptative adapter adaption adaptitude adaptly adaptness adaptogen adaptor coadapt counteradapt deadapt maladapt misadapt nonadapting osmoadapt overadapt preadapt readapt unadapt
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