verb
1 change your way of behaving
ADVERB
▪ successfully , well
▪
The children have ~ed well to the heat.
▪ quickly
▪ easily , readily
▪
The company can easily ~ to changing demand.
▪ accordingly
▪
We need to assess the new situation and ~ accordingly.
VERB + ADAPT
▪ be able to , can
▪ be unable to , cannot
▪ have to , must
▪ need to
▪ learn to
PREPOSITION
▪ to
PHRASES
▪ the ability to ~
▪
Some animals have a remarkable ability to ~ to changing environments.
▪ find it difficult to ~ , find it hard to ~
▪
A lot of companies have found it hard to ~ to the new system.
2 change a thing
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
to ~ a book for television
▪ from
▪
The radio play had been ~ed from a novel.
PHRASES
▪ specially ~ed
▪
The classroom has been specially ~ed to take wheelchairs.
Adapt is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ article , ↑ model , ↑ novel , ↑ recipe , ↑ style , ↑ system , ↑ technique