adapted
- adjective
- /əˈdæptɪd/
- But our adapted head, our adapted boy's head unturned.
And so I've become really adapted, noticing the nuance of patterns.
- And so I've become really adapted, noticing the nuance of patterns.
- It, it, it's good that it's adapted to the kid.
- At BAFTA, Koda shockingly won Best Adapted Screenplay.
- That is to say, an adapted novel adapted for, for the screen.
- Basically, it's a normal cane with a adapted handle.
Examples
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That is, everything has its place, is perfectly adapted for that place.
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And he said that schools are not well adapted for boys.
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It, it, it's good that it's adapted to the kid.
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That is to say, an adapted novel adapted for, for the screen.
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So if you stand on tippy toes, it has been adapted for electrical contacts.
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And so I've become really adapted, noticing the nuance of patterns.
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The Minnesota Adapted Athletic Association (MAAA) governed interscholastic sport programs involving athletes with disabilities throughout the state for over twelve years.
Academic text (1994) -
The Adapted Physical Education Survey (see Table 1) was designed using surveys developed by Craft, Palmateer, and Rizzo (1989), and Project LRE/PE: Least Restrictive Environment Usage in Physical Education (Jansma & Decker, 1990) as models.
Academic text (1992) -
The new curriculum is adapted to meet the needs of diverse students.
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The story was adapted into a movie to appeal to a wider audience.
Synonyms
Changed so it is more correct or suitable
Changed from the original to work better
Changed so it fits a person or thing
Changed in some way to fit better or show new information
Antonyms
How Suitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Adapted comes from the parts ad- meaning 'to' and apt meaning 'fit', so it means 'made to fit'. The same root is in the word apt, which means 'suitable', so something adapted is changed to be right for a new use.