Both Uses of
adapt
in
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Blanche: I'm very adaptable — to circumstances.†
Scene 3.3 *adaptable = able to change to fit a different situationstandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- And so I told him, I said to him, Thank you, but it was foolish of me to think that we could ever adapt ourselves to each other.†
Scene 3.10adapt = change to fit a different situation; or make suitable
Definitions:
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(1)
(adapt as in: adapted to the new rules) changed to fit a different situation; or made suitable
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(2)
(adapted as in: the species is well adapted for) to be especially well suited or appropriate for something