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adapt

/əˈdæpt/

An illustration for adapt

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

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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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)

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