Word

adapt, v.
(adapted, adapting, adapts)
freq. cnt. 10

make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5

accommodate adapt

sample sentences

"Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

adaptative adaptable adaptor adapter

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

accommodation accommodation

semantic pointers

hypernym

vary, change, alter

hyponym

adjust gear, pitch fit anglicise, anglicize shoehorn tailor, orient domesticate, tame domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame Christianize naturalize, naturalise electrify, wire transcribe

adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

adapt adjust conform

sample sentences

"We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

adjustive adjustment adjustment

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

adaptive adaptable adaption adaptation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

conformist

semantic pointers

hypernym

get used to

hyponym

readjust, readapt readapt assimilate focus, focalize, focalise acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate match obey square