transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈdapt, a- ]
verb
Etymology: French or Latin; French adapter, from Latin adaptare, from ad- + aptare to fit, from aptus apt, fit
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
: to make fit (as for a specific or new use or situation) often by modification
intransitive verb
: to become adapted
• adapt·ed·ness noun
Synonyms:
adapt , adjust , accommodate , conform , reconcile mean to bring one thing into correspondence with another. adapt implies a modification according to changing circumstances
adapted themselves to the warmer climate
adjust suggests bringing into a close and exact correspondence or harmony such as exists between parts of a mechanism
adjusted the budget to allow for inflation
accommodate may suggest yielding or compromising to effect a correspondence
accommodated his political beliefs in order to win
conform applies to bringing into accordance with a pattern, example, or principle
refused to conform to society's values
reconcile implies the demonstration of the underlying compatibility of things that seem to be incompatible
tried to reconcile what he said with what I knew