adapt

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Today’s word is: adapt. The meaning of adapt is: to make something suitable for different use or purpose; to adjust to new conditions; to modify a text to make it suitable for a film or play.

In this English vocabulary lesson you will learn how to use the word adapt. We are sure that this ESL lesson will help you to enhance your English vocabulary and speak English fluently and confidently.

The word adapt means to make something suitable for different use or purpose; to adjust to new conditions; to modify a text to make it suitable for a film or play.

For example, Madan joined a company having its office in a hilly area and hence he had to adapt to the new life style, which means Madan had to adapt to different types of food available and different types of travel etc.

Listen carefully how we can use the word adapt in 8 different situations in 8 different sentences.

Example number 1 of 8: Shivani came to Mumbai from a small town for work. Each day, she had to take a train to travel to her work place. Initially, she found it very difficult to board a crowded train, but soon she adapted to the mode of travel.

Example number 2 of 8: Pyarelal noticed a drastic reduction in the number of customers visiting his restaurant. Upon inquiry, he realized that many customers are ordering food online. He adapted to the change and started online food delivery.

Example number 3 of 8: The Chameleon can change its color to match the surroundings. This means it can adapt to a situation in order to protect itself from predators (means attackers).

Example number 4 of 8: The evolution of human beings has happened over lakhs of years. Through this period, the weather conditions on the earth changed drastically, Nevertheless, humans adapted to these changes and survived successfully.

Example number 5 of 8: The cultural beliefs often include several customs and traditions.
It is required that the old traditions can be merged with modern beliefs and adapted to modern times.

Example number 6 of 8: Shamita was an eminent scholar of English as well as Sanskrit Language. The principal of a college requested her to adapt a Sanskrit play to be presented into English for the college gathering.

Example number 7 of 8: The senior citizens are used to making phone calls and writing letters. With the growing usage of smartphones, they have to learn to adapt to social media to access and share information.

Example number 8 of 8: Several laws in India have been in existence since the time before independence. The law experts insist that we must adapt these laws to suit the modern Indian society and psychology.

Today we learnt the word adapt which means to make something suitable for different use or purpose; to adjust to new conditions; to modify a text to make it suitable for a film or play.

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