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adapt
English
Etymology
From Middle French adapter, from Latin adaptare (“to fit to”), from ad (“to”) + aptare (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??dæpt/
- Rhymes: -æpt
Verb
adapt (third-person singular simple present adapts, present participle adapting, simple past and past participle adapted)
- (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
- Synonym: proportion
- (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust
- (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character
- (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
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Related terms
Translations
Adjective
adapt (comparative more adapt, superlative most adapt)
- Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.
- c. 1709, Jonathan Swift, Merlin's Prophecy
- This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.
- c. 1709, Jonathan Swift, Merlin's Prophecy
Translations
References
- adapt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- APDTA
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??dap(t)/
Verb
adapt (third-person singular present adapts, present participle adaptin, past adaptit, past participle adaptit)
- to adapt
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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classify
English
Etymology
From French classifier.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?klæs.?.fa?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?klæs.??fa?/
Verb
classify (third-person singular simple present classifies, present participle classifying, simple past and past participle classified)
- to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
- to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:classify
Antonyms
- (to declare a secret): declassify
Related terms
- class
- classification
Translations
See also
- arrange
- distribute
- rank
Further reading
- classify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- classify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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