adapt

[əˈdæpt]

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.