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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|*adapten}} (attested in {{cog|enm|adapted|pos=past participle}}), from {{uder|en|la|[[adaptō|adaptāre]]||to fit to}}, from {{m|la|ad-||to}} + {{m|la|[[apto|aptāre]]||to make fit}}, from {{m|la|aptus||fit}}; see [[apt]].

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/əˈdæpt/}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-adapt.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|æpt|s=2}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[suitable]]; to make to [[correspond]]; to fit or suit
#: {{syn|en|proportion}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[fit]] by [[alteration]]; to [[modify]] or [[remodel]] for a different purpose; to adjust
#: {{co|en|to '''adapt''' a story for the stage}}
#: {{co|en|to '''adapt''' an old machine to a new manufacture}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To make by altering or fitting something else; to [[produce]] by change of form or character
#: {{co|en|to bring out a play '''adapted''' from the French}}
#: {{co|en|a word of an '''adapted''' form}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To make oneself comfortable to a [[new]] thing.
#: {{ux|en|They could not '''adapt''' to the new climate and so perished.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|nonadapting|adaptate|adaptogen|coadapt|counteradapt|maladapt|misadapt|osmoadapt|overadapt|preadapt|unadapt|adaptable|adaptation|adaptative|adapter|adaption|adaptitude|adaptly|adaptness|adaptor|deadapt|readapt}}

====Related terms====
{{rel-top|terms related to adapt (verb)}}
* {{l|en|adaptational}}
* {{l|en|adaptatively}}
* {{l|en|adaptativeness}}
* {{l|en|adaptedness}}
* {{l|en|adaptability}}
* {{l|en|adaptableness}}
* {{l|en|adaptably}}
* {{l|en|adaptional}}
* {{l|en|adaptive}}
* {{l|en|adaptively}}
* {{l|en|adaptiveness}}
* {{l|en|adaptorial}}
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====Translations====
{{trans-top|to make suitable}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|adapt}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|приспособявам}}, {{t|bg|приспособявам се}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|adaptar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|適應|tr=shìyìng}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|adaptovat}}, {{t|cs|přizpůsobit}}, {{t+|cs|upravit}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|aanpassen}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|adapti}}, {{t+|eo|akomodi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sovittaa}}, {{t+|fi|mukauttaa}}, {{t+|fi|sopeuttaa}}, {{t+|fi|soveltaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|adapter}}
* Gallurese: {{t|sdn|adattà}}
* German: {{t+|de|anpassen}}, {{t+|de|angleichen}}, {{t+|de|anwenden}}, {{t+|de|einrichten}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|adapte}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|illeszt}}, {{t+|hu|hozzáilleszt}}, {{t+|hu|hozzáigazít}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|adaptar}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|oiriúnaigh}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|adattare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|適応|tr=てきおうする, tekiō suru|alt=適応する|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|적응하다}}
* Latin: {{t|la|adaptō}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|adaptéieren}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|urutau}}, {{t|mi|whakaarotau}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|тааруулах}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|adaptować|impf|pf}}, {{t|pl|zaadaptować|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|adaptar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|adapta}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|приспоса́бливать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|приспосо́бить|pf}}; {{t+|ru|подгоня́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|подогна́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|адапти́ровать}}
* Sardinian:
*: Campidanese: {{t|sc|aggalai}}
* Sassarese: {{t|sdc|adattà}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|prispôsobiť}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|adaptar}}, {{t+|es|ajustar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|anpassa}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|iangkop}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|uydurmak}}, {{t+|tr|adapte etmek}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|пристосо́вувати|impf}}, {{t|uk|пристосува́ти|pf}}, {{t+|uk|адаптува́ти|impf|pf}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|addasu}}
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{{trans-top|to fit by alteration}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|нагласям}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|adaptar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|適應|tr=shìyìng}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|adaptovat}}, {{t|cs|přizpůsobit}}, {{t+|cs|upravit}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|aanpassen}}, {{t+|nl|bewerken}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|alaranĝi}}, {{t|eo|alfari}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sovittaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|s'adapter}}
* German: {{t+|de|anpassen}}, {{t+|de|modifizieren}}, {{t+|de|überarbeiten}}, {{t+|de|umarbeiten}}, {{t+|de|adaptieren}}, {{t+|de|umschreiben}}, {{t+|de|einpassen}}, {{t+|de|bearbeiten}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|átdolgoz}}, {{t+|hu|adaptál}}, {{t+|hu|átállít}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|adattare}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|urutau}}, {{t|mi|whāurutau}}, {{t|mi|whakaurutau}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|adaptować|impf|pf}}, {{t|pl|zaadaptować|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|adaptar}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|prispôsobiť}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|adaptar}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|uymak}}, {{t+|tr|uyum sağlamak}}, {{t+|tr|adapte olmak}}
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{{trans-top|to make by altering}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|преработвам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|adaptar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|改編|tr=gǎibiān}}, {{t+|cmn|改寫|tr=gǎixiě}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|adaptovat}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bewerken}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mukauttaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|adapter}}
* German: {{t+|de|herrichten}}, {{t+|de|rezipieren}}, {{t+|de|nachempfinden}}, {{t|de|nachgestalten}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|átültet}}, {{t+|hu|adaptál}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|adaptar}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|adattare}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|adaptar}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|prerobiť}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|adaptar}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|uyarlamak}}
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{{trans-top|to make oneself comfortable to a new thing}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|يتكيف مع}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հարմարվել}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|egokitu}}, {{t|eu|adaptatu}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|adaptar-se}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|適應|tr=sik1 jing3}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|適應|tr=shìyìng}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|přizpůsobit|alt=přizpůsobit se}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|adaptiĝi}}, {{t|eo|akomodiĝi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sopeutua}}
* French: {{t+|fr|s'adapter}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|assimilieren}}, {{t+|de|akkommodieren}}
*: Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|aapasse}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|alkalmazkodik}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|adattarsi}}
* Khmer: {{t-needed|km}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|аяыг дагах}}, {{t+|mn|дасах}}, {{t+|mn|зохицох}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|[[adaptować]] [[się]]|impf|pf}}, {{t|pl|[[zaadaptować]] [[się]]|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[adaptar]]-[[se]] [[a]]}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|приспоса́бливаться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|приспосо́биться|pf}}, {{t+|ru|адапти́роваться}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|priviknúť}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|adaptarse}}, {{t+|es|circunscribirse}}, {{t+|es|ceñirse}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|umangkop}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|thích nghi}}
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* Esperanto: {{t-check|eo|alaranĝi}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|adapter}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|adaptar}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|익숙해지다}}
* Norwegian: {{t-check|no|tilpasse}}
* Slovene: {{t-check|sl|prilagoditi}} (1), {{t-check|sl|prirediti}} (2)
* Yiddish: {{t-check|yi|אַדאַפּטירן}}
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===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Adapted; [[fit]]; [[suited]]; [[suitable]]; [[apt]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=c. 1709|publisher=w:Jonathan Swift|title=[[s:The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 5/Merlin's Prophecy|Merlin's Prophecy]]
|passage=This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully '''adapt'''.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|adapted (adjective)}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|adapt}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|подходящ}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|適應|tr=shìyìng}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|adaptita}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sopiva}}
* French: {{t+|fr|adapté}}
* German: {{t+|de|adaptiert}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|adattato}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|適合|tr=tekigō shita|alt=適合した|sc=Jpan}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|adaptado}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|adaptat|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|адапти́рованный}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|adaptado}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|anpassad}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|uygun}}, {{t+|tr|adapte}}
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===References===
* {{R:Century 1911}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aadpt|APDTA}}

==Scots==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sco|/əˈdap(t)/}}

===Verb===
{{sco-verb|adapt|it}}

# to {{l|en|adapt}}

===References===
* Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20181208134857/https://scots-online.org/dictionary/index.asp The Online Scots Dictionary]'', Scots Online.