adapt
/əˈdæpt/
verb
- To change your behavior or ideas so that you can deal with a new situation.
- He quickly adapted to his new role as team leader.
- Animals must adapt to changes in their environment to survive.
- When she moved to a new country, she had to adapt to a different culture.
- To change something so that it can be used for a different purpose.
- We can adapt this recipe to be gluten-free by using different flour.
- The engineer adapted the design for use in smaller spaces.
- The novel was adapted into a popular movie.
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