"adapter" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "adapt + -er",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "adapter",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adapters",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This monitor won't work for you computer without an adapter."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An adapter is a device that allows two different standards to work together."
      ],
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "In creating her movies, she is an able adapter of novels and short stories."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An adapter is a person who changes or changes something to suit a new situation."
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "ə-dăpʹtər"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adapter"
}

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    "Terms suffixed with -er"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "adapt + -er",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "adapter",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adapters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This monitor won't work for you computer without an adapter."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An adapter is a device that allows two different standards to work together."
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "In creating her movies, she is an able adapter of novels and short stories."
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "ipa": "ə-dăpʹtər"
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  "word": "adapter"
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