▪ become adjusted to new conditions: "a large organization can be slow to adapt to change"Similaradjustacclimatizeaccommodateattunehabituateacculturateconformfamiliarize oneself withhabituate oneself tobecome habituated toget used toorient oneself incondition oneself toreconcile oneself toresign oneself tobecome resigned tocome to terms withfind one's way aroundbecome naturalizedbecome seasonedget one's bearingsfind one's feetblend infit inacclimate
▪ alter (a text) to make it suitable for filming, broadcasting, or the stage:"the miniseries was adapted from Wouk's novel"
Word Originlate Middle English: from French adapter, from Latin adaptare, from ad- ‘to’ + aptare (from aptus ‘fit’).
