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adapted

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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/əˈdæptɪd/
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 D AE1 P T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a different circumstance or medium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

That movie was an adapted novel.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of adapt

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

seeds precisely adapted to the area
instructions altered to suit the children's different ages

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: altered

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Finnish: mukautettu — having been subject to alteration
Finnish: sovitettu — having been subject to alteration
French: adapté — having been subject to alteration
Hindi: अनुकूलित (anukūlit) — having been subject to alteration
Indonesian: teradaptasi — having been subject to alteration
Italian: adattato — having been subject to alteration
Swedish: anpassad — having been subject to alteration

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more adapted — comparative
most adapted — superlative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: adaptedness, coadapted, dark-adapted, ill-adapted, maladapted, neuroadapted, nonadapted, pathoadapted, photoadapted, preadapted, thermoadapted, unadapted, well-adapted

Related: modified

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Hyphenation and homophones

Hyphenation: adapt·ed

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