adapt
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suitTo make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
» This book is adapted for children.
Dieses Buch wurde für Kinder adaptiert.
Ця книжка адаптована для дітей.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
anpassen, angleichen, anwenden
приспоса́бливатьprisposáblivatʹ, приспосо́битьprisposóbitʹ, подгоня́тьpodgonjátʹ
пристосо́вуватиprystosóvuvaty, пристосува́тиprystosuváty, адаптува́тиadaptuváty
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
(transitive)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
anpassen, modifizieren, überarbeiten
(transitive)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
herrichten, rezipieren, nachempfinden
(intransitive)To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.
assimilieren, akkommodieren
приспоса́бливатьсяprisposáblivatʹsja, приспосо́битьсяprisposóbitʹsja, адапти́роватьсяadaptírovatʹsja
пристосо́вуватисяprystosóvuvatysja, пристосува́тисяprystosuvátysja, адаптува́тисяadaptuvátysja
adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
Examples
237 sentencesThis book is adapted for children.
Ця книжка адаптована для дітей.
deDieses Buch wurde für Kinder adaptiert.
He adapted himself to his new life.
Він адаптувався до нового життя.
ruОн приспособился к новой жизни.
deEr passte sich an sein neues Leben an.
The young adapt to change easily.
ruМолодые быстро приспосабливаются к переменам.
deDie Jugend passt sich leicht an Wechsel an.
He adapted the story for children.
ruОн адаптировал историю для детей.
He couldn't adapt to new circumstances.
ruОн не мог приспособиться к новым обстоятельствам.
deEr konnte sich den neuen Gegebenheiten nicht anpassen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), fromFrom 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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Forms
adapts, adapting, adapted, adaptedSynonyms
4 synonyms- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose:accommodate
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions:adjustconform
Word family
34 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle