adapt
Speech parts
1. adapt - Adjective
2. adapt - Verb
Meaning
Fitted; suited.
To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for.
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Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country
We must adjust to the bad economic situation
According to the rapper, the world evolves so people need to be able to adapt to certain changes because they were not put on the earth to remain stagnant.
Across the country, much-loved eateries have had to adapt to shifting guidelines, and some have even had to close their doors.
According to the European Commission, it is important, both at EU and national level, to review and adapt existing policies.
According to Walter Pohl, the existential fate of the tribes and their confederations depended on their ability to adapt to an environment going through rapid changes, and to give this adaptation a credible meaning rooted in tradition and ritual.