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adapt verb

  /əˈdæpt/
  • (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
 anpassen, angleichen, akkommodieren, anwenden, assimilieren, einrichten
  • (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust
 anpassen, adaptieren, bearbeiten, überarbeiten, einpassen, modifizieren
  • (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
 akkommodieren, assimilieren
  • (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character
 herrichten, nachempfinden, nachgestalten, rezipieren

adapt adjective

  /əˈdæpt/
  • Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.
 adaptiert

adapter noun

  /əˈdæptə(ɹ)/ , /əˈdæptəɹ/
  • Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
  • Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
 Adapter
  • Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
 Steckdosenleiste, Steckerleiste

adaptation noun

  /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/
  • (uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
 Anpassung
  • (countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
 Anpassung, Kompromiss
  • (countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
 Ad­ap­ta­ti­on
  • (countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
 Ad­ap­tie­rung, Ad­ap­ti­on
  • (uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
 Ad­ap­tie­rung, Bearbeitung

adaptive adjective

  /əˈdæp.tɪv/
  • Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
 adaptiv

adaptability noun

  /ədæptəˈbɪlɪti/
  • The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
 Anpassungsfähigkeit

adaptable adjective

  /əˈdæptəbəl/
  • Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
 anpassungsfähig

adaption

Abwandlung

adapted adjective

  /əˈdæptɪd/
  • Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a different circumstance or medium.
 angepasst
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