ADAPT
What does "ADAPT" mean?
To change or adjust to fit new conditions or a new purpose.
Meanings
- To make or become suited to new circumstances. Immigrants often adapt to a new culture within a generation.
- To alter a text or work for a different medium or audience. They plan to adapt the novel into a television series.
- In biology, for a species or organism to become better suited to its environment over time. Desert plants have adapted to survive on almost no water. technical
Word origin
From Latin 'adaptare' ('to fit to'), combining 'ad-' (to) and 'aptare' (to fit), from 'aptus' (fitted, apt) - the same root as 'apt' and 'aptitude'.
Remember it
ADAPT contains 'APT' - to adapt is to make something apt, a perfect fit for new conditions.
A little poem
The river meets stone-
it does not break, does not stop;
it learns a new shape.
haiku
Wordplay
- The director was asked to adapt the book and the plug for a foreign outlet - one needed a screenplay, the other an adapter.
What it teaches
Survival rarely goes to the strongest, but to whatever learns its new conditions fastest.
Quick facts
What does ADAPT mean?
To change or adjust to fit new conditions or a new purpose.
Is ADAPT a valid word?
Yes — ADAPT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ADAPT?
ADAPT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ADAPT come from?
From Latin 'adaptare' ('to fit to'), combining 'ad-' (to) and 'aptare' (to fit), from 'aptus' (fitted, apt) - the same root as 'apt' and 'aptitude'.
What can ADAPT teach us?
Survival rarely goes to the strongest, but to whatever learns its new conditions fastest.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.