All 3 Uses
adapt
in
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
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- He discovered he was already well adapted to an army regime, to the terrors of kit inspection and the folding of blankets into precise squares, with the labels lined up.†
Chpt 2 *well adapted = well suited
- It was the time of adapting to unthinking obedience, of learning to carry bedpans in a stack, and remembering a fundamental rule: never walk up a ward without bringing something back.†
Chpt 3 *adapting = changing to fit a different situation
- They strolled around the lake, bought tea at a stall, and rented deck chairs to listen to elderly men of the Salvation Army playing Elgar adapted for brass band.†
Chpt 3
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)