You must adapt to a variety of conditions.
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Adapt
//əˈdæpt//
Synonyms for "adapt" (180 found)
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Verb(2 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
12 entriesderived
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1 entriesrelated to
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Translations
163 translations across 42 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- adapt adj (adapted (adjective))
- adapt verb (to make suitable)
Arabic
1 entries- يتكيف مع verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
Armenian
1 entries- հարմարվել verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
Basque
2 entries- adaptatu verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
- egokitu verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
Bulgarian
4 entries- подходящ adj (adapted (adjective))
- нагласям verb (to fit by alteration)
- преработвам verb (to make by altering)
- приспособя́вам verb (to make suitable)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- aggalai verb (to make suitable)
Catalan
4 entries- adaptar verb (to make suitable)
- adaptar verb (to fit by alteration)
- adaptar verb (to make by altering)
- adaptar-se verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 適應 /适应 verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 適應 /适应 adj (adapted (adjective))
- 改寫 /改写 verb (to make by altering)
- 改編 /改编 verb (to make by altering)
- 適應 /适应 verb (to make suitable)
Czech
4 entries- adaptovat verb (to make suitable)
- adaptovat verb (to fit by alteration)
- adaptovat verb (to make by altering)
- přizpůsobit verb (to make suitable)
Danish
1 entries- tilpasse verb (to make suitable)
Dutch
4 entries- aanpassen verb (to make suitable)
- aanpassen verb (to fit by alteration)
- bewerken verb (to fit by alteration)
- bewerken verb (to make by altering)
Esperanto
4 entries- adaptita adj (adapted (adjective))
- adapti verb (to make suitable)
- adaptiĝi verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
- akomodi verb (to make suitable)
Finnish
4 entries- sopiva adj (adapted (adjective))
- mukauttaa verb (to make suitable)
- mukauttaa verb (to make by altering)
- sopeuttaa verb (to make suitable)
French
4 entries- adapté adj (adapted (adjective))
- adapter verb (to make suitable)
- adapter verb (to make by altering)
- s'adapter verb (to fit by alteration)
Gallurese
1 entries- adattà verb (to make suitable)
German
4 entries- adaptiert adj (adapted (adjective))
- aapasse verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
- adaptieren verb (to fit by alteration)
- akkommodieren verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- adapte verb (to make suitable)
Hungarian
4 entries- adaptál verb (to fit by alteration)
- adaptál verb (to make by altering)
- alkalmazkodik verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
- hozzáigazít verb (to make suitable)
Interlingua
2 entries- adaptar verb (to make suitable)
- adaptar verb (to make by altering)
Irish
1 entries- oiriúnaigh verb (to make suitable)
Italian
4 entries- adattato adj (adapted (adjective))
- adattare verb (to make suitable)
- adattare verb (to fit by alteration)
- adattare verb (to make by altering)
Japanese
2 entries- 適合した adj (adapted (adjective))
- 適応する verb (to make suitable)
Korean
1 entries- 적응하다 verb (to make suitable)
Latin
1 entries- adaptō verb (to make suitable)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- adaptéieren verb (to make suitable)
Mongolian
4 entries- аяыг дагах verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
- дасах verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
- зохицох verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
- тааруулах verb (to make suitable)
Māori
4 entries- urutau verb (to make suitable)
- urutau verb (to fit by alteration)
- whakaarotau verb (to make suitable)
- whakaurutau verb (to fit by alteration)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- anpasse verb (to make suitable)
- tilpasse verb (to make suitable)
Polish
4 entries- adaptować verb (to make suitable)
- adaptować verb (to fit by alteration)
- adaptować się verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
- zaadaptować verb (to make suitable)
Portuguese
4 entries- adaptado adj (adapted (adjective))
- adaptar verb (to make suitable)
- adaptar verb (to fit by alteration)
- adaptar verb (to make by altering)
Romanian
2 entries- adaptat adj (adapted (adjective))
- adapta verb (to make suitable)
Russian
4 entries- адапти́рованный adj (adapted (adjective))
- адапти́ровать verb (to make suitable)
- адапти́роваться verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
- подгоня́ть verb (to make suitable)
Sassarese
1 entries- adattà verb (to make suitable)
Slovak
4 entries- prerobiť verb (to make by altering)
- prispôsobiť verb (to make suitable)
- prispôsobiť verb (to fit by alteration)
- priviknúť verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
Spanish
4 entries- adaptado adj (adapted (adjective))
- adaptar verb (to make suitable)
- adaptar verb (to fit by alteration)
- adaptar verb (to make by altering)
Swedish
2 entries- anpassad adj (adapted (adjective))
- anpassa verb (to make suitable)
Tagalog
2 entries- iangkop verb (to make suitable)
- umangkop verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
Turkish
4 entries- adapte adj (adapted (adjective))
- uygun adj (adapted (adjective))
- adapte etmek verb (to make suitable)
- adapte olmak verb (to fit by alteration)
Ukrainian
3 entries- адаптува́ти verb (to make suitable)
- пристосо́вувати verb (to make suitable)
- пристосува́ти verb (to make suitable)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thích nghi verb (to make oneself comfortable to a new thing)
Welsh
1 entries- addasu verb (to make suitable)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
We must adapt our plan to these new circumstances.
Source: tatoeba (23419)
Complaining about something is one way to adapt yourself to a new environment.
Source: tatoeba (25224)
It is difficult to adapt oneself to sudden changes of temperature.
Source: tatoeba (25470)
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