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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
adapt
/əˈdæpt/
verb
to change something to fit or suit a new purpose
- “Young people adapt themselves to something sooner than old people.”Tatoeba
- “Man has a great capacity to adapt to environmental changes.”Tatoeba
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)