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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121 Like other enforcement agents they adapt by employing protective strategies.
122 Teaching those with learning disability, sometimes physically disabled as well, to adapt to the demands of society.
123 This idea is so simple yet so effective that other manufacturers will surely adapt it in their ranges.
124 Having to adapt to changes in the school and to undergo a second deskilling.
125 Mollusks, like all living organisms, constantly adapt to changes in environmental conditions.
126 As farming methods changed, so the designs of farm buildings may have been changed to adapt to the new ideas.
127 Moreover, social values and structures have shown a remarkable ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
128 Clearly all organisations, if they are to be successful need to adapt to changed circumstances.
129 Often families, like the patients, floundered in their efforts to adapt to new roles and changed life stories.
130 This method of planning was widely criticised for its inefficiency and its inability to adapt to changing demands.
131 The parties have failed to adapt and have lost much of their power and influence and most of their reason for being.
132 Its advanced manufacturing center helps local industries adapt to changes in technology and reduce costs.
133 The gonococcus has to adapt to any changes in its environment, particularly those which may compromise its chances of survival.
134 He asked that she be given six months' grace at Althorp so she could adapt to life without him.sentencedict.com/adapt.html
135 Usually Guppies are hardy fish and adapt to most water conditions, but they do prefer alkaline water.
136 The reasonable man adapts to the world, the unreasonable man makes the world adapt to him. Therefore progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw
137 This revamping is geared toward helping workers adapt to changing times.
138 Stanley Mill has survived, largely because of its ability to adapt to the changing needs of the market.
139 What about learning how to change things for the better rather than merely learning to adapt to the way things are now?
140 One interesting thing about this fish is the temperature that it can apparently adapt to.
141 Musicians will be sensitive to the mood of the congregation and adapt their material as the service proceeds.
142 Children develop the capacity to see the view of others, consider intentions, and better adapt to the social world.
143 What they can read without any introduction is certainly possible for literate adults to adapt to.
144 If they can not learn to adapt, they will suffer the consequences.
145 Obviously, in the increasingly crowded cage of urban life we have had to adapt.
146 They have had to adapt to high temperatures, shortage of water and a very brief time in which to reproduce.
147 They families say that people with severe learning difficulties do not adapt well to sudden changes of environment.
148 Certainly Jeanne had never tried to adapt him to the realities, a job for which she was remarkably ill equipped anyway.
149 Because the novel is written mainly in dialogue, a spurious impression was given that it would be easy to adapt.
150 I read the account of an architect who was consulted by a church with unsuitable premises which they wanted to adapt.