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adaptverb to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situationit always takes freshmen a little while to adapt themselves to high school acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adjust, condition, conform, doctor, edit, fashion, fit, put, shape, suit, tailor readapt, readjustcustomize, gear, match, model, patternattune, correct, harmonize, square, tuneestablish, root, settleacquaint, familiarize, orient, orientateequip, prepare, prime, rehearseharden, inure, season, toughenalter, convert, make over, modify, recast, reclaim, recycle, redesign, redevelop, redo, reengineer, refashion, refigure, refit, refocus, reinvent, rejigger, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, transformaccustom, habilitate, habituate, naturalizeready, trainbendfiddle (with), fine-tune, phase, register, regulate, rig misadjust 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 in the 15th century |