ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADAPT
From Latin adaptāre, from ad- to + aptāre to fit, from aptusapt.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ADAPT
PRESENT
Present
I adapt
you adapt
he/she/it adapts
we adapt
you adapt
they adapt
Present continuous
I am adapting
you are adapting
he/she/it is adapting
we are adapting
you are adapting
they are adapting
Present perfect
I have adapted
you have adapted
he/she/it has adapted
we have adapted
you have adapted
they have adapted
Present perfect continuous
I have been adapting
you have been adapting
he/she/it has been adapting
we have been adapting
you have been adapting
they have been adapting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I adapted
you adapted
he/she/it adapted
we adapted
you adapted
they adapted
Past continuous
I was adapting
you were adapting
he/she/it was adapting
we were adapting
you were adapting
they were adapting
Past perfect
I had adapted
you had adapted
he/she/it had adapted
we had adapted
you had adapted
they had adapted
Past perfect continuous
I had been adapting
you had been adapting
he/she/it had been adapting
we had been adapting
you had been adapting
they had been adapting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will adapt
you will adapt
he/she/it will adapt
we will adapt
you will adapt
they will adapt
Future continuous
I will be adapting
you will be adapting
he/she/it will be adapting
we will be adapting
you will be adapting
they will be adapting
Future perfect
I will have adapted
you will have adapted
he/she/it will have adapted
we will have adapted
you will have adapted
they will have adapted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been adapting
you will have been adapting
he/she/it will have been adapting
we will have been adapting
you will have been adapting
they will have been adapting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would adapt
you would adapt
he/she/it would adapt
we would adapt
you would adapt
they would adapt
Conditional continuous
I would be adapting
you would be adapting
he/she/it would be adapting
we would be adapting
you would be adapting
they would be adapting
Conditional perfect
I would have adapt
you would have adapt
he/she/it would have adapt
we would have adapt
you would have adapt
they would have adapt
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been adapting
you would have been adapting
he/she/it would have been adapting
we would have been adapting
you would have been adapting
they would have been adapting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you adapt
we let´s adapt
you adapt
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
adapting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «ADAPT»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
adapt.
Whenever you're looking at new ways to get in shape, first you have to decide what you want. Do you want a more muscular look, or do you want to slim down and appear more toned and ripped? I adapt my training and diet with each role I do, depending on the image I want to convey.
You are cruising along, and then technology changes. You have to adapt.
When antibiotics first came out, nobody could have imagined we'd have the resistance problem we face today. We didn't give bacteria credit for being able to change and adapt so fast.
My mom has an English accent, so we always referred to the trunk as the 'boot.' And then, suddenly, we moved to Georgia and I would say things like 'open the boot' with a bit of an accent, and I quickly realized I had to adapt; that kind of thing will get you beat up!
That's the thing about zombies. They don't adapt and they don't think. Literally, you could have a zombie on one side of a chain link fence and you could be on the other side and they could be trying to get to you and six feet down could be an open door and they will not go through that door in the fence. That's why they're so scary.
My mom told me as a youngster I was always intellectual, like as far as being able to adapt fast and quick. But I had a fun childhood, went to regular school.
Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable creatures.
As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.
You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment.
Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADAPT»
Discover the use of
adapt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
adapt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
From a spaceport in the Mojave Desert to the street battles of Iraq, from a blazing offshore drilling rig to everyday decisions in our business and personal lives, this is a handbook for surviving - and prospering - in our complex and ever ...
2
Children
Adapt: A Theory of Sensorimotor-sensory Development
Highlights of this revised edition include: An overview of the rudiments of theory building. New material discussing application of theory to pediatric rehabilitation. Explicit discussions of occupational performance skills.
Elnora M. Gilfoyle, Ann P. Grady, Josephine C. Moore, 1990
3
Scatter,
Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass ...
Readers of this book will be equipped scientifically, intellectually, and emotionally to face whatever the future holds.
Describes how animals adapt to survive, discussing camouflage, mimicry, poisons, defense, adaptations to weather, feeding, and mating.
5
Global Dexterity: How to
Adapt Your Behavior Across Cultures ...
“I wrote this book because I believe that there is a serious gap in what has been written and communicated about cross-cultural management and what people actually struggle with on the ground.”—From the Introduction What does it mean ...
6
The Start-up of You:
Adapt to the Future, Invest in ...
And this is precisely what Hoffman and Casnocha show you how to do in a book that is both inspirational and supremely practical.
Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, 2012
7
Relearn, Evolve, and
Adapt
Relearn, Evolve, and Adapt demonstrates how we are the architects of our lives, and we become what we think about.
8
How to
adapt anything into a screenplay
Krevolin also provides an insider's view of working and surviving within the Hollywood system-covering the legal issues, interviewing studio insiders on what they are looking for, and offering tips from established screenwriters who ...
Richard W. Krevolin, 2003
9
Brew Ware: How to Find,
Adapt & Build Homebrewing Equipment
Brew Ware is your complete guide to choosing or making the right equipment for your homebrewing endeavors. If you are thinking about brewing or increasing your brewing capacity, this book is the first piece of equipment you will need.
Karl F. Lutzen, Mark Stevens, 2011
10
First Be Nimble: A Story About How to
Adapt, Innovate and ...
The how-to guide to building an adaptive, productive business environment Graham Winter, author of the best-selling Think One Team, brings you First Be Nimble: A Story about How to Adapt, Innovate and Perform in a Volatile Business World.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADAPT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
adapt is used in the context of the following news items.
NASCAR spotters adapt to new digs at Daytona
The stark transformation of Daytona International Speedway on the outside of the 2.5-mile track is also clear from the infield. And while the ... «Motorsport.com, Jul 15»
Liverpool must adapt to bring out the best in this young talent
Of all the signings from last summer at Anfield, Emre Can has undoubtedly been the most reliable performer – albeit his fellow arrivals haven't ... «FootballFanCast.com, Jul 15»
Monster Music and Movies continues to adapt, enters realm of e …
“That seems to be our M.O. We adapt, we survive,” said Galen Hudson, owner of Monster Music. “We kind of roll with the punches and adapt to ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»
A year on, children caught on border struggle to stay, adapt
LOS ANGELES — A wide-eyed, restless 1-year-old, Joshua Tinoco faces the prospect of deportation to his native Honduras, one of tens of ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
Adapt or perish
Either we adapt or perish. Published in The Express Tribune, July 5th, 2015. Like Opinion & Editorial on Facebook, follow @ETOpEd on Twitter ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
Region grapples with hotter future as it looks to adapt to climate …
But many governments in the region, including those in the St. Louis area, have only just started thinking about how to adapt. “I think the ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
Don't grudge scrutiny by public or media, learn to adapt, Govt tells …
Government officials should not grudge the increased scrutiny by the public as well as the media and learn instead to adapt to it as ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
Funerals with a flair: Directors adapt to new kinds of memorials
Funeral directors trying to adapt to a new way of memorializing people can find themselves trying to fulfill some off-the-wall requests from the ... «TBO.com, Jul 15»
Concrete jungle: Cities adapt to growing ranks of coyotes, cougars …
Several times this spring, coyotes made national headlines when spotted roaming the streets of New York, from Manhattan to Queens. In recent ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
Online shopping is king - high street stores must adapt or die
The online shopping revolution hasn't actually been a revolution. The internet and smartphones have certainly changed where we shop ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
