- adapt⇄adapt, transitive verb.
1. to make fit or suitable; adjust.
Ex. Cats can adapt themselves very well to indoor life. Can you adapt your way of working to the new job? But one of the striking facts of nature is the ability of living things to ad - adapt⇄v.i. to become adjusted.
Ex. The Australopithecines ... were still in the process of adapting to erect progression (Science).