Definition of "adapt" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.

2. (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.

   • to adapt a story for the stage
   • to adapt an old machine to a new manufacture

3. (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.

   • to bring out a play adapted from the French
   • a word of an adapted form

4. (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

   • They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.

adjective

1. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.