adapted
adjective
adapt·ed
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Definition of adapted
: suited by nature, character, or design to a particular use, purpose, or situation
—used with to or for soil well adapted to the growing of wheat"The teeth are sharp and adapted for gripping onto slippery prey … "— Debi Willoughby
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But there are those few who chase the exotic and anomalous: heat-seeking vipers, cold-adapted octopuses or, as in the present case, additional digits. — Tom Roseberry, Scientific American, "Studying the Superhuman," 4 Sep. 2019 Over millions of years, the forests of western North America have become adapted to routine burning, caused by lightning strikes, allowing forests to retain a variety of old, middle-aged, and young plants that support myriad species of animals. — National Geographic, "Forest fires are getting too hot—even for fire-adapted animals," 12 Aug. 2019 First, they were born adapted to tricky local markets. — The Economist, "Baby Amazons take on their American role model," 1 Aug. 2019 Patrick Fraser Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is one of the most adapted books in the English language. — Constance Grady, Vox, "Jane Eyre is a startlingly modern heroine. A new ballet shows why.," 27 June 2019 Martinez now walks on prosthetic legs, drives an adapted car, hunts and now surfs. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Nation’s adaptive surfers have eyes on 2024 Paralympics," 14 June 2019 In the bird’s droppings, the seeds will germinate and advance, becoming ever more genetically diverse in the process and making the pear ever more adapted to its own spread. — Adrian Higgins, The Seattle Times, "Scientists thought they had created the perfect tree. But it became a nightmare.," 17 Sep. 2018 Across much of Europe, subtropical vegetation replaced cool-adapted plants, and dense swamp-forests resembling modern Louisiana clogged coasts and estuaries in Denmark and Germany (the European shoreline was 120 miles inland from today’s coast). — Howard Lee, Ars Technica, "What happened last time it was as warm as it’s going to get later this century?," 18 June 2018 The company’s longstanding strategy of keeping its centers fresh by aggressively rotating tenants also seems well adapted to today’s volatile retail environment in the U.S., which will soon account for 22% of Unibail’s portfolio. — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, "Why It’s Not Crazy to Buy a Mall Giant in the Age of Amazon," 8 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adapted.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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