to coadapt
- verb
- /ˌkoʊəˈdæpt/
- Specialized
- To improve collaboration, the departments must coadapt their workflows to support each other's goals.
Examples
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The two species of fish have coadapted over generations, allowing them to thrive in the same environment.
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Such experiments have demonstrated correlations between migration-related traits and between migration and reproduction, both indicative of a coadapted suite of traits.
Academic text (2007) -
As their ideas about the project began to diverge, the team needed to coadapt their strategies to meet the new requirements.
Synonyms
To change together with another living thing, each affecting the other
How Adapted
- Specialized
- US
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Coadapt joins the part co- meaning 'together' and adapt meaning 'to change so something fits'. Imagine two dancers who learn each other's steps and change to move as one. So, to coadapt is to change or adjust together so people, animals, or systems work better with each other.