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Definitions: Adapt |
AdaptVerb1. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country". 2. Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adapt" was first used: sometime in the early 15th century. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | ADAPT |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ADAPT | English | Advanced Deposition and Processing Tools | N/A |
ADAPT | French | Groupe d'experts sur la saisie,le traitement et le transfert des données ATS(OACI) | Computing |
ADAPT | Spanish | Iniciativa comunitaria Adaptación de los trabajadores a las transformaciones industriales | European Union, Labor |
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Synonyms: AdaptSynonyms: accommodate (v), adjust (v), conform (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Verb: be accordant; Adjective: agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T; match; become one; homologate. |
Render accordant; Adjective: fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust; (render, equal); dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize,. reconcile; fadge, dovetail, square. | |
Conformity | Verb: conform to, conform to rule; accommodate oneself to, adapt oneself to; rub off corners. |
Equality | Render equal; Adjective: equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt; (render accordant); strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes. |
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Screenplays | You will adapt. (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart) A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances. (Patton; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North) It has a lithium-cracking station; we may be able to adapt some of its power packs to our engines. (Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before; writing credit: Samuel A. Peeples) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Adapt or Die (1983) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Front page of first report detailing tests of Shoran by C&GS Clarence Burmister spearheaded efforts to adapt Shoran to survey use Tests run in vicinity of Attu Island.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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Michel Eyquem De Montaigne | Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Members engage to apply conventions which they have ratified in accordance with the provisions of this Part of the present Treaty to their colonies, protectorates and possessions which are not fully self-governing: (1) Except where owing to the local conditions the convention is inapplicable, or (2) Subject to such modifications as may be necessary to adapt the convention to local conditions. (reference) |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances. |
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Health | Patients sometimes need psychological counseling to help them adapt. (references) | |
This is due in part to the immature brain's great plasticity, the ability to adapt to deficits and injury. (references) | ||
Cognitive-behavioral therapy also has been used successfully to help individuals adapt to the removal from benzodiazepines. (references) | ||
Business | ICPs will be forced to adapt to the new WAP environment. (references) | |
Banks adapt these tenors to the commercial risk of the customer. (references) | ||
Foreign suppliers should adapt their marketing strategies to the different market segments. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Iceland | Local government authorities in the towns where refugees settle take a strong interest in helping them adapt to their new environment. (references) |
Economic History | Japan | While Japan's business system is very different from the United States, American companies can successfully adapt. (references) |
Norway | Representatives can help U.S. firms adapt their exports to conform to cultural, technical and legal conditions in the Norwegian market. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bolivia | In March the Government enacted a new Public Ministry Law to adapt the prosecutorial function of the judicial system to the requirements of the CCP. Under the new CCP, the prosecutor, instead of the judge, is in charge of the investigative stage of a case. (references) |
Indigenous People | Cameroon | Some observers believe that sustained logging is destroying the Pygmies' unique, forest-oriented belief system, forcing them to adapt their traditional social and economic systems to a more rigid modern society similar to their Bantu neighbors. (references) |
Political Economy | JAPAN | The Japanese government should adapt customs clearance procedures to accommodate the rapid growth of express cargo carriers. (references) |
Trade | Poland | Poland's banking system continues to adapt and modernize. (references) |
Travel | Saudi Arabia | Customs and manners differ, so be observant and adapt your behavior to that of your host. (references) |
Women | Austria | In 1994 the European Court of Justice ruled that the country's law prohibiting women from working nights was not permissible and gave the Government until the end of the year to adapt its legislation to gender-neutral EU regulations. (references) |
Worker Rights | Netherlands | This combination makes it possible to adapt shorter working hours to the specific situation in a particular business or branch of industry. (references) |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We must also enable our workers to adapt to the rapidly changing nature of the workplace, and I will propose substantial new federal commitments keyed to re-training and Job mobility. |
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| "Adapt" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 85.22% of the time. "Adapt" is used about 960 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 85.22% | 818 | 8,551 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.15% | 136 | 27,260 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.62% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 960 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "adapt": adapt for the screen ♦ adapt oneself ♦ adapt oneself to ♦ adapt oneself to a new environment ♦ adapt oneself to smth. ♦ adapt to ♦ adapt to human needs. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
adapt | 104 |
adapt.com novak | 10 |
adapt interior | 6 |
adapt software | 6 |
adapt illinois | 4 |
adapt x | 4 |
adapt dog | 4 |
adapt pet | 4 |
adapt many producing readily revenue waterlots | 3 |
adapt novak | 3 |
adapt trans | 3 |
adapt texas | 3 |
adapt tv | 3 |
adapt inc | 3 |
adapt crm | 3 |
adapt asp css html internet inventur relation script vb xml | 2 |
adapt change | 2 |
adapt culture local management | 2 |
adapt image w1 | 2 |
adapt ball | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "adapt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | adapteer (accommodate, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, put, tune), aanpas (accommodate, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, put, try, try on, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | adaptoj (accommodate, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كيف (accommodate, adjust, condition, conform, fashion, however, shape, suit, whereby), هيأ (arm, dress, fix, gear, get, make, predestine, prepare, ready), لاءم (accommodate, adjust, agree with, be convenient for, be suitable for, befit, fit, match, suit), تكيف (adaptability, adaptation, adjust, conform, drug intoxication, fit, modification, pleasure), تأقلم (acclimate, acclimation, adaptation, adjust, be familiar with, become acclimatized to, naturalize, readjustment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нагласям (adjust, doctor, pose, posture, shape, tune), адаптирам, преработвам (overwork, process, recast, recycle, rehandle, remodel, revamp, revise, work, work over, write over), приспособявам (accommodate, adjust, conform, fashion, frame, gear, modulate, readjust, shape, suit, tailor, tune), пригодявам (accommodate, modulate, rig). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 适" (acclimatise, Acclimatize, Acclimatized, Acclimatizing, Adaptation, Adapted, Adapting, Adaption, back-geared, Conditioned, Conditioning, geared). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | adaptovat (convert), upravit (adjust, alter, arrange, do up, dress, fix, modify, organize, readjust, redress, regulate, sleek, tidy, touch up, treat, trim), přizpùsobit (accommodate, accustom to, adjust, assimilate, comply, conform, fit, modulate, quadrate, readjust, regulate, suit, tailor, temper, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Adapt-fællesskabsinitiativ vedrørende tilpasning af arbejdsstyrken til de strukturelle ændringer i industrien, Adapt (Community Initiative Adaptation of the labour force to meet industrial changes), Fællesskabsinitiativet Tilpassing af arbejdsstyrken til de strukturelle ændringer i industrien (Community Initiative Adaptation of the labour force to meet industrial changes), EF-initiativet Tilpasning af arbejdsstyrken til de strukturelle ændringer i industrien, der tjener til at fremme beskæftigelse og tilpasning af arbejdsstyrken til de strukturelle ændringer i industrien (Adaptation of the Workforce to Industrial Change). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | afstemmen (accommodate, adjust, attune, fit, fix, harmonise, match, mount, place, reconcile, reject, to respond to ..., tune, verify), adapteren (accommodate, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), aanpassen (accommodate, accomodate, adapting, adjust, adjustment, attempt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, test, to acclimate, to smooth, to smoothe, try, try on, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | alaranĝi (adjust), adapti (accommodate, adjust, fit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | laga til (accommodate, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | موافق بودن (Agree), وفق دادن (Accord, Adjust, Assimilate, Attune, Conform, Jump, Reconcile, Square, Suit, Tune), تعدیل کردن (Adjust, Coordinate, Moderate, Modify, Modulate, Trammel), سازوارکردن , جورکردن (Accord, Assort, Concert, Consort, Lot, Sort, Suit), درست کردن (Address, Agree, Build, Clean, Compose, Concoct, Devise, Emend, Fix, Gully, Integrate, Make, Mend, Organize, Redd, Regulate, Right, Straighten, Trim, Weave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Adapt, Työvoiman sopeuttaminen teolliseen muutokseen, yhteisöaloite työllisyyden edistämiseksi ja työvoiman sopeuttamiseksi teolliseen muutokseen (a Community initiative to promote employment and the adaptation of the workforce to industrial change, Adaptation of the Workforce to Industrial Change). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | adapter (adjust), s'adapter (adapt oneself, adjust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oanpasse (accommodate, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), oanbringe (accommodate, accuse, adjust, attune, bring, denounce, fetch, fit, fix, give an account, mount, place, recruit, report, tune), ôfstimme (accommodate, adhere, adjust, attune, conform, fit, fix, mount, place, reject, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | anpassen (accommodate, accomodate, adapting, adjust, adjustment, attune, blend in, bring into line, fit, fit on, fitting, fix, key, match, modulate, mount, place, readjust, re-adjust, suit, take one's measure for, to acclimatize, to adapt, to adjust, to assimilate, to fit, to modulate, tune), adaptieren (accommodate, adapting, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προσαρμόζω (accommodate to, acculturate, adjust, align, conform, fit, gear, joint, set, to adjust, to fit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | adaptoj (accommodate, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לעב" (arrange, elaborate, process), ל"כשיר (fit, groom, make fit, prepare, qualify, school), ל"סת'ל (adapt oneself, conform, temporize), לס'ל (accommodate, acquire, adjust, conform, fit, obtain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alkamaz (accommodate, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), adaptál, rendszeresít (become operational, go into service), illeszt (accommodate, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, suit, to feather, to fit, to join, to join up, to suit, tune), hozzáilleszt (to accommodate, to accommodate to sg, to dub, to true, to true up), elfogad (accept, acknowledge, adopt, receive, recognize, take, take in, to adopt, to pass, to receive, to take for granted, to take from). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | aðlagast (accommodate, accomodate oneself, adapt oneself, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), aðlaga (adjust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menyesuaikan (accomodate, accomplish), menyadur, mengadaptasi, beradaptasi (assimilate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | adattare (accommodate, adapt oneself, adjust, arrange, attune, be suitable, conform, fit, fit oneself, fix, key, mount, place, put, shape, suit, tune), aggiustare (accommodate, adjust, align, attune, bring into position, come out right, doctor, fit, fix, make do, mend, mount, move into position, overhaul, patch, place, position, put, repair, set, to adjust, to fit, to fix, trim, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 作り換える (to adapt, to convert, to parody, to reconstruct, to remake, to remold), 作り替える (to adapt, to convert, to parody, to reconstruct, to remake, to remold), "て嵌める (to adapt, to apply), "てはめる (to adapt, to apply). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | つくりかえる (to adapt, to convert, to parody, to reconstruct, to remake, to remold), あてはめる (to adapt, to apply). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 응하 (Adapted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cormal (balance, counterbalance, equalization, equate, equilibrate, even, square up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | tilpasse (accommodate, conform), bearbeide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | adaptá (accommodate, adjust, apply, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, practice, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adaptay apropriar (frame up), ajustar (accomodate, adjust, adjust for wear, agree on, attune, bargain, bring into position, close, compromise, contract, fettle, fit, fix, level, make a contract, make up for, Mount, move into position, place, position, put right, put up, rectify, regulate, set, settle, suit, tune), adequar (suit), adaptar-se (assort, conform, fit, humor, humour, season, shake down, suit), adaptar (acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accomodate, adjust, attemper, attune, calculate, fashion business, figure out, fit out, naturalized, place, proportion, put right, put up, straighten out, suit, tune), Adapt (Community Initiative Adaptation of the labour force to meet industrial changes), acomodar (accommodate, accommodating, accomodate, arrange, attemper, attune, berth, compose, contain, have room for, have space for, locate, place, put up, settle, tune), Iniciativa comunitária, "Adaptação da Mão-de-Obra s Mutações Industriais", destinada a promover o emprego e a adaptação da mão-de-obra s mutações industriais, Iniciativa comunitária Adaptação da mão-de-obra s mutações industriais (Community Initiative Adaptation of the labour force to meet industrial changes). (various references) adapta (adjust, arrange, dramatize, frame, readjust, regulate, suit, tally), acomoda (accommodate, adjust, conform, suit). (various references) приспосабливать (fitted, regulate, shape, specialize). (various references) uklopiti se, prilagoditi (assimilate, gear to, modify, pitch, square, suit, tailor), preraditi (process, recycle, refine, rehash, revise, rewrite), prerađivati (work). (various references) adaptar (accommodate, accomodate, adjust, affiliate, apply, arrange, attune, fit, fix, German, Italian and Netherlands laws the French and Luxembourg concepts, mount, place, put up, scale, suit, to bring into line second paragraph of Article 4 of the Convention of 27.9.1968 merely brings into line with the Belgian, tune), acomodar (accommodate, accomodate, adjust, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, put up, suit, tune, usher in). (various references) anpassa (acclimatize, accommodate, adjust, attune, condition, conform, fit, fit on, gear, key, Orient, orientate, phase, specialize, suit), adaptera. (various references) alıntı yapmak (borrow, cite, excerpt, quote), aktarmak (change, cite, hand on, post, quote, transfer, transfuse, transpose), adapte etmek (tailor), uymak (abide by, accommodate oneself, accord, agree, answer, assort, become, chime, chime in with, coincide, comply, comply with, comport, conform, consist, consort, correlate, correspond, defer, do, do for, fall with, fit, follow, gear, go, go together, go with, harmonize, keep, keep to, match, mate, obey, observe, pertain, quadrate, respect, sort together, Square, square with, string along with, suit, tally, tally with, tone, work in with), uydurmak (accommodate, adjust, attune, concoct, conform, cook, cook up, dream up, fabricate, fake up, fashion, feign, fib, fit, forge, frame, fudge, gear, improvise, invent, key, make up, manufacture, mint, quadrate, reconcile, romance, spin, Square, square with, suit, syntonize, tailor, talk through one's hat, tally up, tell a fib, trump up, tune, tune up), uyarlamak (transcribe). (various references) adatlanmak, uяgunlaюdyrmak. (various references) адаптувати, пристосовуватися (conform, humor, humour, temporize), пристосовувати (accommodate, adjust, apply, appropriate, arrange, conform, fit, gear, suit), приганяти (adjust, reseat), приладжуватися, приладжувати, переробляти (alter, change, do again, furbish up, make over, readjust, recast, re-do, rehash, remake, remodel, revise, rework, transverse, turn over, work over). (various references) addasu (adjust, fit, suit), cyfaddasu (fit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | accommodatus, accommodes, accommodo, adaptare, adapto, adcommodantes, adcommodaveris, adplica, adplicabant, adplicabat, adplicabimus, adplicabis, adplicabisque, adplicabitur, adplicabo, adplicabuntur, adplicant, adplicarent, adplicat, adplicate, adplicaverunt, adplicavit, adplicet, adplicitosque, adplicitum, adplicuerunt, adplicuimus, adplicuit, adplicuitque, apta, aptari, aptas, aptasti, aptata, aptaverunt, aptavit, aptet, commodo, conversa, conversae, conversi, conversique, conversum, conversus, conversusque, convertam, convertantur, convertar, convertat, convertatur, converte, convertebantur, convertebat, convertemini, convertemur, convertemus, convertendas, convertendo, convertendos, convertendum, convertens, convertent, convertentem, convertentes, convertenti, convertentibus, convertentur, converterat, convertere, converteremur, converterentur, converteret, converteretur, converterint, converteris, converterit, convertero, converteruntque, convertes, convertet, convertetur, converti, convertimini, convertimur, convertis, convertissem, convertisti, convertistis, convertit, convertitis, convertitque, converto, convertuntur, fictis, fictisque, fictorum, fictum, finctus, fingens, fingere, fingis, fingit, fingo, finxerat, finxit, fixerat, fixere, fixeris, fixeritis, fixerunt, fixi, fixit, secunda, secundarium, secundas, secundo. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "adapt": adaptabilities, adaptability, adaptable, adaptation, adaptational, adaptationally, adaptations, adapted, adaptedness, adaptednesses, adapter, adapters, adapting, adaption, adaptions, adaptive, adaptively, adaptiveness, adaptivenesses, adaptivities, adaptivity, adaptor, adaptors, adapts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "adapt": misadapt, preadapt, readapt. (additional references) | |
Words containing "adapt": coadaptation, coadaptations, coadapted, counteradaptation, counteradaptations, maladaptation, maladaptations, maladapted, maladaptive, misadapted, misadapting, misadapts, nonadaptive, preadaptation, preadaptations, preadapted, preadapting, preadaptive, preadapts, readapted, readapting, readapts, unadaptable, unadapted. (additional references) | |
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"Adapt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aapa, Aapo, aapt, acat, adab, Adabo, adagp, adap, adapta, adapte, adat, adate, adath, adebt, adeft, adeot, adep, adeph, Adepo, adet, Admap, Adprt, Afap, Agapito, ahat, ajdayt, apapt, Atapattu, Atat, atipt, Audap, avat, awapt, ayat, azap, dapt, edap, Jawdat. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adapt" (pronounced uda"pt) |
| 3 | -a" p t | apt, capped, clapped, entrapped, flapped, lapped, mapped, napped, rapped, rapt, recapped, sapped, scrapped, slapped, snapped, strapped, tapped, trapped, untapped, unwrapped, wrapped, zapped. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-p-t" | |
-1 letter: atap, data, tapa. | |
-2 letters: apt, dap, pad, pat, tad, tap. | |
-3 letters: aa, ad, at, pa, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-p-t" | |
+1 letter: adapts. | |
+2 letters: adapted, adapter, adaptor, pintada, readapt, taxpaid. | |
+3 letters: adapters, adapting, adaption, adaptive, adaptors, baldpate, lapidate, misadapt, palmated, palpated, pintadas, placated, playdate, preadapt, readapts, standpat, tapadera, tapadero, tapenade. | |
+4 letters: adaptable, adaptions, adoptable, amputated, antipodal, apartheid, appendant, asperated, asphalted, aspirated, audiotape, baldpates, captained, catnapped, coadapted, deathtrap, diplomata, disparate, drawplate, lapidated, lapidates, leadplant, misadapts, paginated, palliated, parapeted, patinated, plateaued, playacted, playdates, preadapts, ramparted, readapted, separated, stapedial, strappado, tapaderas, tapaderos, tapenades, trapanned, unadapted, zapateado. | |
+5 letters: adaptation, adaptively, adaptivity, addlepated, alphabeted, antependia, antipodals, antipodean, apartheids, appendants, approbated, aspidistra, audiotapes, capsulated, captivated, catapulted, deathtraps, decapitate, dilapidate, drawplates, eupatridae, evaporated, expatiated, lapidating, leadplants, maladapted, misadapted, packthread, paddleboat, paediatric, palpitated, parachuted, parasitoid, passivated, pasteboard, patchboard, patricidal, pentahedra, phantasied, pitapatted, plastidial, preadapted, proctodaea, prodromata, propagated, readapting, strappados, ultrarapid, zapateados. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 61 70 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. .- .--. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01100001 01110000 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d a p t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0061 0070 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3570678286 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Abbreviations 18. Acronyms 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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