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adj
- having a capacity for adaptation
- Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
- (evolutionary theory) Of a trait: that helps an organism to function well in its environment.
- Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
- (psychology) Of a trait: that helps a person to function well in society.
noun
- The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
- the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances
- (biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
noun
noun
- Adaptability.
- (computing) A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.
- (computing) A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.
- (mathematics) The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.
- The quality of being elastic.
- (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
- (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
noun
- the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
- (uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
- a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
- (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
- (countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
- (countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
- (countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
- (uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
- (sociology) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
- (uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
noun
- the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- the act of adjusting something to match a standard
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
- The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration.
- The settling or balancing of a financial account.
- The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim.
- The action of adjusting something.
- The behavioral process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
adj
- Adaptable to change.
- (poker) Of a straight draw, made up of four consecutive cards, thus able to be completed by either of two ranks of card.
- Unrestricted by definite limits.
- Permitting a spontaneous or unstructured response.
- without fixed limits or restrictions
- allowing for a spontaneous response
- allowing for future changes or revisions
verb
- (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.
- (transitive) To adapt to live with humans.
- (transitive) To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
- (transitive) To make (more) fit for domestic life.
- (transitive) To make domestic.
- (transitive, translation studies) To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.
- overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
- make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
noun
adj
- (by extension) Exhibiting an ability to adapt or develop in order to survive; adaptable.
- (by extension) Competitive, especially in a ruthless manner.
- (chiefly historical) Of or pertaining to the philosophical and scientific views, or poetic style, of the natural philosopher, physiologist, and poet Erasmus Darwin.
- Of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by the English biologist, geologist, and naturalist Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through the natural selection of inherited variations that increase organisms' ability to compete, survive, and reproduce.
- (by extension) Of or pertaining to Darwinism, which includes the theories of Charles Darwin and other scientists.
- Of or pertaining to Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.
- of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution
noun
adj
- Able to change and adapt.
- Changing; active; in motion.
- (computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
- (grammar) Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) Having to do with the volume of sound.
- Powerful; energetic.
- Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
- of or relating to dynamics
- characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
noun
- (physics) A moving force.
- (grammar) A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
- (music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
- A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
- an efficient incentive
noun
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
- a settlement of differences
- living quarters provided for public convenience
- (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
- the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
- (countable, uncountable) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
- (theology) An adaptation or method of interpretation which explains the special form in which the revelation is presented as unessential to its contents, or rather as often adopted by way of compromise with human ignorance or weakness.
- (countable, medicine) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
- (countable, commerce) A loan of money.
- (countable, physiology, biology) The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
- (countable, commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
- (countable, uncountable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.
- (countable, geology) The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
- (British, Australia, a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
- (countable, law) An offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted.
- (countable, uncountable) Adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement; compromise.
- (linguistics, sociolinguistics) Modification(s) to make one's way of communicating similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.
- (countable) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
- (countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.
noun
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
- (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
- putting clothes on to see whether they fit
- (countable, chiefly UK, often in the plural) A removable item (such as a carpet, a movable piece of furniture, or a picture) in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when moving out.
- (countable) gerund of fit: an act of making something fit (“conform in shape and size; be suitable for; etc.”).
- (uncountable) The process of fitting up; especially, of applying skilled methods to the installation of components to machines or other products.
- (clothing) An act of trying on an item of clothing to adjust or inspect how well it fits.
- (countable) A (generally small) component or part of a device or machine, especially one that is standardized and replaceable; specifically, a standardized part of a piping system used to connect sections of pipe together, such as a coupling.
- gerund of fit: the action or condition of having one or more fits (“convulsions or seizures”).
adj
verb
verb
- To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
- (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
- (chess) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
- (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- keep an account of
- have faith or confidence in
- judge to be probable
- predict in advance
verb
- (intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
- (transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
- (transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
- (transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
- (intransitive, of an eye) To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
- (transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
- (transitive) To provide sufficient space for.
- (transitive) To provide housing for.
- (transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
- (transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
- (transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- have room for; hold without crowding
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- make (one thing) compatible with (another)
- provide with something desired or needed
- provide a service or favor for someone
- provide housing for
verb
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
- (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
- (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
- (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
adj
verb
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- make correspondent or conformable
- decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
- (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
- (transitive) To improve or rectify.
- (transitive) To modify.
verb
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- (transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
- be similar, be in line with
- (transitive, intransitive, often followed by to) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.
- (intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.
verb
- (intransitive) To adapt to something; to fit in.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of several things: to combine or fit together well.
- (chiefly woodworking) To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.
- To combine or fit (things) together well.
- (music) To seamlessly move a melody from one instrument to another.
- (computing) To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
- fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
noun
- In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
- (heraldry) A line resembling a dovetail joint (sense 2.1).
- A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint.
- The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
- a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
verb
- adapt
- formulate in a particular style or language
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- make an investment
- cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
- cause (someone) to undergo something
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- attribute or give
- estimate
- (finance) To sell (assets) under the terms of a put option.
- To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
- To express (something in a certain manner).
- To play a card or a hand in the game called "put".
- To set as a calculation or estimate.
- (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
- (especially athletics) To throw with a pushing motion, especially in reference to the sport of shot put. (Do not confuse with putt.)
- To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
- To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign.
- To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
- To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition).
noun
adj
- adapted to social or economic change
- (of languages, events, worldviews, etc) Recreated; redeveloped and rediscovered through forensic methods or other similarly clever methods of induction from limited evidence of a past state.
- (of persons and institutions) Reformed in politics, ideology, or spiritual conformation; reconciled to social or cultural change; particularly with respect to the Reconstruction after the American Civil War.
- (of buildings, infrastructure, financing, management, etc) Rebuilt; reassembled; redesigned and reimplemented; thoroughly renovated even at the structural level.
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.
- (transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.
- get used to a certain climate
verb
- To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
- To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- (ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
- adjust for
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- make reparations or amends for
- make payment to; compensate
- do or give something to somebody in return
- make amends for; pay compensation for
adj
- (biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
- (figurative, derogatory) Inferior or not the real thing.
- Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
- Made of plastic.
- (informal, birdwatching, of a species or individual bird) Introduced, rather than native or naturally vagrant.
- (figurative, informal, of a person) Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness.
- (informal, birdwatching, of an individual bird) Escaped from captivity, rather than wild.
- Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
- capable of being influenced or formed
- capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
- forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
noun
- (slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
- (slang) Synonym of Plastic Paddy.
- (colloquial, metonymic) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
- A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- (figurative, slang) Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.
- a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
- generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
adj
- incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
- fixed and unmoving
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
- Uncompromising.
- Stiff, rather than flexible.
- Rigorous and unbending.
- Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.
- Fixed, rather than moving.
noun
- A bicycle with no suspension system.
- (aviation) An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.
verb
- (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
- (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
- (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
- withstand the force of something
- express opposition through action or words
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- refuse to comply
- elude, especially in a baffling way
- stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
noun
noun
noun
- a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
- any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose
- (philosophy) The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects.
- (psychology) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.
- (history) The theory that the Holocaust was the result of a gradual escalation of decisions and procedures at the operational level (approved but not necessarily preconceived by Hitler).
- (architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
- (linguistics) Synonym of functional linguistics.
- (social sciences) The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.
noun
- The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
- the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances
- (biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
noun
noun
- Adaptability.
- (computing) A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.
- (computing) A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.
- (mathematics) The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.
- The quality of being elastic.
- (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
- (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
noun
- the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
- (uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
- a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
- (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
- (countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
- (countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
- (countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
- (uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
- (sociology) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
- (uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
noun
- the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- the act of adjusting something to match a standard
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
- The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration.
- The settling or balancing of a financial account.
- The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim.
- The action of adjusting something.
- The behavioral process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
noun
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
- a settlement of differences
- living quarters provided for public convenience
- (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
- the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
- (countable, uncountable) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
- (theology) An adaptation or method of interpretation which explains the special form in which the revelation is presented as unessential to its contents, or rather as often adopted by way of compromise with human ignorance or weakness.
- (countable, medicine) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
- (countable, commerce) A loan of money.
- (countable, physiology, biology) The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
- (countable, commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
- (countable, uncountable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.
- (countable, geology) The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
- (British, Australia, a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
- (countable, law) An offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted.
- (countable, uncountable) Adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement; compromise.
- (linguistics, sociolinguistics) Modification(s) to make one's way of communicating similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.
- (countable) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
- (countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.
noun
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
- (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
- putting clothes on to see whether they fit
- (countable, chiefly UK, often in the plural) A removable item (such as a carpet, a movable piece of furniture, or a picture) in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when moving out.
- (countable) gerund of fit: an act of making something fit (“conform in shape and size; be suitable for; etc.”).
- (uncountable) The process of fitting up; especially, of applying skilled methods to the installation of components to machines or other products.
- (clothing) An act of trying on an item of clothing to adjust or inspect how well it fits.
- (countable) A (generally small) component or part of a device or machine, especially one that is standardized and replaceable; specifically, a standardized part of a piping system used to connect sections of pipe together, such as a coupling.
- gerund of fit: the action or condition of having one or more fits (“convulsions or seizures”).
adj
verb
noun
noun
- a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
- any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose
- (philosophy) The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects.
- (psychology) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.
- (history) The theory that the Holocaust was the result of a gradual escalation of decisions and procedures at the operational level (approved but not necessarily preconceived by Hitler).
- (architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
- (linguistics) Synonym of functional linguistics.
- (social sciences) The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.
verb
- (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.
- (transitive) To adapt to live with humans.
- (transitive) To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
- (transitive) To make (more) fit for domestic life.
- (transitive) To make domestic.
- (transitive, translation studies) To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.
- overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
- make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
noun
verb
- To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
- (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
- (chess) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
- (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- keep an account of
- have faith or confidence in
- judge to be probable
- predict in advance
verb
- (intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
- (transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
- (transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
- (transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
- (intransitive, of an eye) To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
- (transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
- (transitive) To provide sufficient space for.
- (transitive) To provide housing for.
- (transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
- (transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
- (transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- have room for; hold without crowding
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- make (one thing) compatible with (another)
- provide with something desired or needed
- provide a service or favor for someone
- provide housing for
verb
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
- (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
- (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
- (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
- (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
adj
verb
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- make correspondent or conformable
- decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
- (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
- (transitive) To improve or rectify.
- (transitive) To modify.
verb
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- (transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
- be similar, be in line with
- (transitive, intransitive, often followed by to) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.
- (intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.
verb
- (intransitive) To adapt to something; to fit in.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of several things: to combine or fit together well.
- (chiefly woodworking) To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.
- To combine or fit (things) together well.
- (music) To seamlessly move a melody from one instrument to another.
- (computing) To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
- fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
noun
- In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
- (heraldry) A line resembling a dovetail joint (sense 2.1).
- A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint.
- The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
- a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
verb
- adapt
- formulate in a particular style or language
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- make an investment
- cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
- cause (someone) to undergo something
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- attribute or give
- estimate
- (finance) To sell (assets) under the terms of a put option.
- To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
- To express (something in a certain manner).
- To play a card or a hand in the game called "put".
- To set as a calculation or estimate.
- (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
- (especially athletics) To throw with a pushing motion, especially in reference to the sport of shot put. (Do not confuse with putt.)
- To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
- To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign.
- To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
- To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition).
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.
- (transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.
- get used to a certain climate
verb
- To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
- To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- (ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
- adjust for
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- make reparations or amends for
- make payment to; compensate
- do or give something to somebody in return
- make amends for; pay compensation for
verb
- (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
- (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
- (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
- withstand the force of something
- express opposition through action or words
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- refuse to comply
- elude, especially in a baffling way
- stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
noun
adj
- having a capacity for adaptation
- Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
- (evolutionary theory) Of a trait: that helps an organism to function well in its environment.
- Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
- (psychology) Of a trait: that helps a person to function well in society.
adj
- Adaptable to change.
- (poker) Of a straight draw, made up of four consecutive cards, thus able to be completed by either of two ranks of card.
- Unrestricted by definite limits.
- Permitting a spontaneous or unstructured response.
- without fixed limits or restrictions
- allowing for a spontaneous response
- allowing for future changes or revisions
adj
- (by extension) Exhibiting an ability to adapt or develop in order to survive; adaptable.
- (by extension) Competitive, especially in a ruthless manner.
- (chiefly historical) Of or pertaining to the philosophical and scientific views, or poetic style, of the natural philosopher, physiologist, and poet Erasmus Darwin.
- Of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by the English biologist, geologist, and naturalist Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through the natural selection of inherited variations that increase organisms' ability to compete, survive, and reproduce.
- (by extension) Of or pertaining to Darwinism, which includes the theories of Charles Darwin and other scientists.
- Of or pertaining to Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.
- of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution
noun
adj
- Able to change and adapt.
- Changing; active; in motion.
- (computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
- (grammar) Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) Having to do with the volume of sound.
- Powerful; energetic.
- Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
- of or relating to dynamics
- characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
noun
- (physics) A moving force.
- (grammar) A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
- (music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
- A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
- an efficient incentive
adj
- adapted to social or economic change
- (of languages, events, worldviews, etc) Recreated; redeveloped and rediscovered through forensic methods or other similarly clever methods of induction from limited evidence of a past state.
- (of persons and institutions) Reformed in politics, ideology, or spiritual conformation; reconciled to social or cultural change; particularly with respect to the Reconstruction after the American Civil War.
- (of buildings, infrastructure, financing, management, etc) Rebuilt; reassembled; redesigned and reimplemented; thoroughly renovated even at the structural level.
verb
adj
- (biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
- (figurative, derogatory) Inferior or not the real thing.
- Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
- Made of plastic.
- (informal, birdwatching, of a species or individual bird) Introduced, rather than native or naturally vagrant.
- (figurative, informal, of a person) Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness.
- (informal, birdwatching, of an individual bird) Escaped from captivity, rather than wild.
- Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
- capable of being influenced or formed
- capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
- forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
noun
- (slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
- (slang) Synonym of Plastic Paddy.
- (colloquial, metonymic) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
- A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- (figurative, slang) Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.
- a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
- generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
adj
- incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
- fixed and unmoving
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
- Uncompromising.
- Stiff, rather than flexible.
- Rigorous and unbending.
- Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.
- Fixed, rather than moving.
noun
- A bicycle with no suspension system.
- (aviation) An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.