To adapt is to change something, or to change yourself, so that it works better in a new situation. It can refer to living things, stories, tools, or behaviors.
From Latin 'adaptare', meaning 'to fit to' or 'adjust', from 'ad-' (to) + 'aptare' (to fit). It has always carried the sense of making something suitable.
Adapt is the survival verb—life on Earth is a long story of things adapting or disappearing. When you adapt a book into a movie, you’re doing the same thing evolution does: reshaping the same core to fit a new environment.
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