adapter
/əˈdæptəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.60 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
noun
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
noun
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
noun
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
noun
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
noun
A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.
Example Sentences
- "He was an able adapter, and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership."
- "The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day."
- "He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power."
- "Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution."
- "The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters plugged into adapters that sparked ominously."
- "We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house."
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 Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English adapter From adapt + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈdæptəɹ/
- British English: /əˈdæptə(ɹ)/