| acclimatize |
to acclimate; adapt. |
| accommodate |
to make suited; adapt. [1/6 definitions] |
| accommodation |
a change that has been made to adapt a thing to someone's needs. [1/2 definitions] |
| adjust |
to change or adapt. [1/3 definitions] |
| adjustable |
able to adjust; able to change or adapt oneself. [1/2 definitions] |
| arrange |
to adapt (a piece of music) for a particular style of performance or for particular players. [1/4 definitions] |
| assimilate |
to adapt and conform. [2/3 definitions] |
| classicize |
to make, adapt, or alter (something) in imitation of a classical style. |
| English |
to adapt the pronunciation or spelling of to English; anglicize. [1/7 definitions] |
| ergonomics |
(used with a sing. verb) the study of how to adapt machines or work space to human needs. |
| fashion |
to make suitable; adapt. [1/7 definitions] |
| gear |
to suit or adapt to particular people or conditions. [1/8 definitions] |
| metricize |
to change into or adapt to the metric system. |
| mobilize |
to assemble, organize, or adapt (industries, supplies, facilities, or the like) for immediate use or service in times of war or states of emergency. [1/4 definitions] |
| modulate |
to adjust or adapt to a particular measure or proportion. [1/6 definitions] |
| naturalize |
to cause to adapt to a new environment. [1/4 definitions] |
| quadrate |
to cause to adapt or conform. [1/5 definitions] |
| readjust |
to adapt oneself anew. [1/2 definitions] |
| recycle |
to reuse or adapt to a new use. [1/3 definitions] |
| specialize |
in biology, to change in order to adapt to a specific environment. [2/4 definitions] |
| survival of the fittest |
in biology, the evolutionary principle that only the forms of plants or animals best suited to or most easily able to adapt to existing conditions will survive, while other less suited forms will become extinct. (See natural selection.) |