adapt

verb

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

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Senses

make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose

Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country

adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

We must adjust to the bad economic situation

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	adaptor
1	derivation	Related & opposite	accommodation
1	derivation	Related & opposite	accommodation
1	derivation	Related & opposite	adaptive
1	derivation	Related & opposite	adaptable
1	hypernym	Types & categories	vary
1	hyponym	Types & categories	adjust
1	hyponym	Types & categories	gear
1	hyponym	Types & categories	fit
1	hyponym	Types & categories	anglicise
1	hyponym	Types & categories	shoehorn
1	hyponym	Types & categories	tailor
1	hyponym	Types & categories	domesticate
1	hyponym	Types & categories	domesticate
1	hyponym	Types & categories	Christianize
1	hyponym	Types & categories	naturalise
1	hyponym	Types & categories	electrify
1	hyponym	Types & categories	transcribe
2	derivation	Related & opposite	accommodation
2	derivation	Related & opposite	conformist
2	derivation	Related & opposite	adaption
2	derivation	Related & opposite	adaptive
2	derivation	Related & opposite	adjustive
2	derivation	Related & opposite	adaptable
2	hypernym	Types & categories	change
2	hyponym	Types & categories	readjust
2	hyponym	Types & categories	readapt
2	hyponym	Types & categories	assimilate
2	hyponym	Types & categories	focalize
2	hyponym	Types & categories	acclimatize
2	hyponym	Types & categories	match
2	hyponym	Types & categories	obey
2	hyponym	Types & categories	square