adapt

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adapt (3ª persona sing. presente adapts, participio presente adapting, passato semplice e participio passato adapted)

  1. adattare, uniformare, modificare qualcosa per renderla adatta a determinate circostanze
  1. adattarsi, modificarsi per andare incontro alle circostanze
  • IPA: /əˈdæpt/

Ascolta la pronuncia :

dal latino adaptare, attraverso il francese adapter

sia come transitivo che come intransitivo, il verbo richiede la preposizione to per ciò a cui ci si adatta: to adapt to...