All 11 Uses of
adapt
in
Me Before You
- "Well," I said, "I was told that you have a car that's adapted for wheelchair use."
p. 44..5adapted = adjusted (made suitable)
- The thought of loading Will and his chair into the adapted minivan and carting him safely to and from the next town filled me with utter terror.†
p. 75..4
- It was only when we brought Will back home, once the annex was adapted and ready, that I could see a point in making it beautiful again.†
p. 120..4
- If it was Dad, I told Will, he would have had an adapted beer cup before he had a wheelchair.†
p. 194..2
- Don't you think it's actually harder for you …. to adapt, I mean?
p. 229..1 *adapt = change to fit a different situation
- There were a few practical suggestions: wine tasting, music, art, specially adapted keyboards.†
p. 234..3
- I picked him up in the adapted car, and brought him home.†
p. 234..5
- Go on a beach, unless your chair had been adapted with "fat wheels."†
p. 247..5
- There were floating chairs that would enable him to go fishing, and adapted quad bikes that would allow him to off-road.†
p. 308..7
- We walked, watching the swans, smiling at the tourists splashing around in their boats in the early evening sun, and she chatted away about how this might all be actually rather wonderful for Will, and probably showed that he was really learning to adapt to his situation.†
p. 326..6
- We emerged groggily through Arrivals, still stiff from our time in the air, and I could have wept with relief at the sight of the operator's specially adapted taxi.†
p. 346..1
Definition:
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(adapt as in: adapted to the new rules) changed to fit a different situation; or made suitable