adapt

Definition:
1. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
2. Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.

Use 'adapt' in a sentence:

1. Will animals and plants be able to adapt that quickly to change in the environment?
2. We can adapt, but we have to start now.
3. The organisms were forced to adapt in order to survive.
4. But policies to help workers adapt will be indispensable.
5. The film has been adapted from a play of the same title.
6. He has adapted the play for the screen.
7. He adapted to the new school.
8. This play is adapted from a novel.
9. Schumacher adapted effortlessly to his new surroundings.
10. It helps organisms adapt to environmental changes.
11. The pieces he is reading are adapted from the writings of Michael Frayn.
12. Policies to help workers adapt will be indispensable.
13. Chung has tried to adapt to local customs.
14. Other animals adapt, for example by staying active in winter.
15. The author is going to adapt his stories for television.
16. If you put an infant on Mars, they would adapt to varying degrees of the new environment.
17. The question now is whether reef-building corals have the capacity to adapt to those changes.
18. People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt.
19. He urged employers and trade unions to adapt their pay settlements to the economic circumstances.
20. The astronauts are conducting a series of experiments to learn more about how the body adapts to weightlessness.
21. Human beings will continue to adapt to the changing climate in both ordinary and astonishing ways.
22. There are three main ways that animals survive the cold in winter: sleep, adapt or migrate.
23. The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen.
24. We must constantly adapt and innovate to ensure success in a growing market.
25. Nokia's board resisted change, making it impossible for the company to adapt to rapid shifts in the industry.
26. To survive in that sort of environment, animals have to adapt to evolve in response to their surroundings.
27. Was it the language or something else that made it hard for you to adapt to the life there?
28. Although these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to crop poorly.
29. My novel 'The Rector's Wife' is being adapted for TV, with Lindsay Duncan in the title role.
30. She has a great faculty for adapting new environments.
31. Employers are looking for candidates that are intelligent and can quickly adapt and excel in a growing company.
32. Advertisers using the print media—magazines and newspapers—will need to adapt to two main changes.
33. Three of her novels have been adapted for television.
34. The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change.
35. Bob adapted his old car so his son could use it.
36. Farmers already adapt to variable weather by changing their planting schedules.
37. An open-minded person is able to adapt to new conditions.
38. Patrick needs to use specially adapted computer equipment.
39. The camel's feet, well adapted for dry sand, are useless on mud.
40. It is, therefore, important for you to adapt texts or outlines for presentations.
41. You can adapt and use this script on your own if you want.
42. It is through our nervous system that we adapt ourselves to our environment and to all external stimuli.
43. They have had to adapt themselves to a war economy.
44. It is, therefore, important for you to adapt retain texts or outlines for presentations.
45. Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office.
46. The facilities have been adapted to give access to wheelchair users.
47. These styles can be adapted to suit individual tastes.
48. Desert plants are adapted to cope with extreme heat.
49. Most of these tools have been specially adapted for use by disabled people.
50. It is because salt marsh grasses have found ways to adapt to the conditions there.
51. It's amazing how quickly people adapt.
52. It's amazing how soon you adapt.
53. We have had to adapt quickly to the new system.