different between orchestrate vs adapt

English

Etymology

orchestra +? -ate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?).k?.st?e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.k?st??e?t/

Verb

orchestrate (third-person singular simple present orchestrates, present participle orchestrating, simple past and past participle orchestrated)

1. To arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra.
2. To compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance.

3. To arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect

Related terms

• orchestration
• orchestrator

Translations

Anagrams

• Sacher torte, Sachertorte, sacher torte

Italian

Verb

orchestrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of orchestrare
2. second-person plural imperative of orchestrare
3. feminine plural of orchestrato

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)

1. (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit

   Synonym: proportion

2. (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust

3. (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character

4. (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

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Translations

Adjective

adapt (comparative more adapt, superlative most adapt)

1. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.
   • c. 1709, Jonathan Swift, Merlin's Prophecy

     This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.

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)

1. to adapt

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.