All 4 Uses
adapt
in
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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- As Prof says, a society adapts to fact, or doesn't survive.†
Chpt 9 *adapts = changes to fit a different situation
- I cannot improve on his phrasing; I shall merely adapt it to Luna and the twenty-first century.†
Chpt 14adapt = change to fit a different situation; or make suitable
- In each age it is necessary to adapt to the popular mythology.†
Chpt 21
- Loonies adapted to harsh facts—or failed and died.†
Chpt 9
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
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)