"adapt" meaning in English

See adapt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʌˈdæpt/ [US] Audio: en-us-adapt.ogg [US] Forms: adapt [canonical], adapts [third-person, singular], adapted [past], adapted [past, participle], adapting [present, participle]
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  1. If you adapt to changes, conditions, needs, etc., you change to fit them.
    Sense id: simple-adapt-en-verb-cbL~aNhx
  2. You can adapt book or other work to a movie, musical, or other form of entertainment.
    Sense id: simple-adapt-en-verb-PEG6JiIV
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