Synonym: adjust, alter, change, modify, vary. Antonym: unfit. Similar words: adapt to, radar, capture, chapter, captain. Meaning: [ə'dæpt] v. 1. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose 2. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.
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61 Pluralists have even tried to adapt Schumpeter's account, but have neglected his strong elitist account of input politics.
62 While Man has stopped developing, animals seem to learn, adapt and change all the time.
63 Those that failed to adapt perished.1 With his own eyes he saw proofs of it.
64 The projections build in the ability of farmers to adapt to climate change by changing crops and farming methods.
65 They will also adapt their social structure under different environmental conditions.
66 Our remote ancestors took two hundred million years to learn how to adapt to the land.
67 In all of these situations the dominant social system lost its ability to adapt.
68 You need to adapt to the demands of your own particular life-style.
69 If the population as a whole fails to adapt under pressure, the species will be wiped out by a rival.
70 Progress is often alarmingly rapid as their enthusiasm and natural abilities adapt to the new environment.
71 It enjoys slightly acidic water and seems to adapt well to higher than usual temperatures.
72 It used to be the normal practice to adapt buildings for different purposes over their lives.
73 The guiding principle of the Okapi research is that the system must adapt itself to the user rather than the converse.
74 He was like a chameleon, she thought with wry admiration,[sentencedict.com] able to adapt at will to any situation.
75 More often, however, the cause is simple frustration at being unable to adapt to the technical demands of the art.
76 Comments: A very hardy plant which, though essentially a bog one, will adapt well to submerged conditions.
77 We adapt and suppress our needs in order to behave in a civilised fashion.
78 After living in a house with a garden, it's hard to adapt to living in a flat.
79 Clientelism is a strategy used by capitalists and workers to adapt to a situation where there is limited mobility.
80 Eating habits have changed under external influences, and it is not always easy for farming to adapt to such changes.
81 I have learned to adapt the eating plan to my needs.
82 However, resources are required for these opportunities for education to learn and adapt business approaches.
83 Retraining of the network to adapt to changes in the operating environment requires only processing time and new data.
84 In recent years, farmers have tried to adapt their product to a supposed demand for leaner beef.
85 Such foreign-controlled labs may help adapt or develop products and/or production processes to better conform to local conditions.
86 We must learn when to adapt and when to resist, or be swallowed up.
87 It also discussed the possibility of a World Bank grant to help industry to adapt to the demands of the protocol.
88 Ken found it hard to adapt to the new age.
89 Training will be provided for recruits who have the ability to adapt their skills to the needs of our programmes.
90 This means the network could learn continuously and adapt to changes over time.