Thursday, February 11, 2016

ADAPT

WORD: ADAPT

MEANING:
1. To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation: adapted the novel into a movie; adapted the company policy to take Internet use into account.
2. To cause to be able to survive and reproduce under certain conditions. Used in the passive: "Every species is adapted to a rather restricted selection of properties of the environment" (Ernst Mayr).
3. change, alter, modify

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country
2. This novel has been adapted for radio.

PRONOUNCE:
adapt - अडैप्ट

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