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adapt

/əˈdæpt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
adapt
IPA
/əˈdæpt/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.

Transitive verb

verb

To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.

Transitive verb

verb

To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.

Transitive verb

verb

To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

Intransitive verb

adj

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der. Proto-Italic *apjō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ 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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *adapten, adaptāre

Usage

Inflected Forms

adapts (present, singular) adapting (participle, present) adapted (participle, past) adapted (past) more adapt (comparative) most adapt (superlative)

Derived Forms

adaptable adaptate adaptation adaptative adapter adaption adaptitude adaptly adaptness adaptogen adaptor coadapt

Frequently Paired Words

adaptability adaptableness adaptably adaptational adaptatively adaptativeness adaptedness adaptional

Synonyms

proportion adjust conform accommodate

Rhymes With

trapped wrapped snapped apt tapped slapped capped scrapped mapped strapped clapped untapped

Questions

How do you pronounce adapt?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈdæpt/.
What does adapt mean?
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
Where does adapt come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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