English > adapt: 2 senses > verb 1, change| Meaning | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" |
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| Synonym | accommodate |
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| Narrower | Christianize | adapt in the name of Christianity |
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| adjust | make correspondent or conformable |
| anglicise, anglicize | make English in appearance |
| domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame | adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment |
| domesticate, tame | make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
| electrify, wire | equip for use with electricity |
| fit | insert or adjust several objects or people |
| gear, pitch | Set the level or character of |
| naturalize, naturalise | Adopt to another place |
| shoehorn | fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited |
| tailor, orient | Adjust to a specific need or market |
| transcribe | rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally / originally intended |
| Broader | change, alter, vary | Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics / characteristics or essence |
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| Spanish | acomodar, adaptarse, adaptar, ajustar |
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| Catalan | acomodar, adaptar |
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| Adjectives | adaptable | capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use |
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| adaptative | having a capacity for adaptation |
| Nouns | adapter, adaptor | device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible |
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English > adapt: 2 senses > verb 2, change| Meaning | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonyms | adjust, conform |
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| Narrower | acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate | Get used to a certain climate / climate |
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| assimilate | Become similar to one's environment |
| focus, focalize, focalise | Become focussed or come into focus |
| match | Be equal or harmonize |
| obey | Be obedient to |
| readapt | adapt anew |
| readjust, readapt | Adjust anew |
| square | Cause to match, as of ideas or acts |
| Broader | get used to | Get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience |
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| Spanish | adaptarse, adaptar, ajustarse, ajustar, conformarse, conformar, regular |
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| Catalan | adaptar-se, adaptar, ajustar-se, ajustar, conformar-se |
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| Adjectives | adaptable | capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use |
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| adaptive | having a capacity for adaptation |
| Nouns | adaptation, adaption | the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
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