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 Translation for 'to adapt' from English to French
VERB   to adapt | adapted | adapted
adapting | adapts
SYNO to accommodate | to adapt | to adjust | ...
s'adapterto adapt
s'acclimater [personne]to adapt
approprier qc.to adapt sth.
accommoder qc. [adapter]to adapt sth.
filmlittérat.théâtre
transposer qc. [adapter, transférer]
to adapt sth.
filmthéâtreRadioTV
adapter qc.
to adapt sth.
2 Words
accommoder qc. à qc. [adapter]to adapt sth. to sth.
s'adapter à qc.to adapt to sth.
s'accommoder à qc. [s'adapter]to adapt to sth.
3 Words
se conformer à qc.to adapt oneself to sth.
faire un effort d'adaptationto try to adapt
adaptabilité {f} [faculté de s'adapter]ability to adapt
4 Words
se plier aux circonstancesto adapt oneself to circumstances
écon.
adapter l'offre à la demande
to adapt supply to demand
tech.
être facilement adaptable [machine]
to be easy to adapt
5+ Words
inform.internet
pour s'adapter aux besoins des utilisateurs
to adapt to the users' needs
inform.occup.tech.
adapter le personnel aux nouvelles technologies
to get the staff to adapt to new technologies
faire un effort d'adaptationto make an effort to adapt
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Usage Examples English
  • The software structure, modularization, core algorithms and main interfaces do not differ from other ERPs, and ERP software suppliers manage to adapt their systems to government agencies.
  • Sometimes the climate offers a chance to adapt another sport such as in the case of ice hockey—an important entertainment in Canada.
  • Tolkien wrote in support of the language in a 1932 "British Esperantist" article, but criticised those who sought to adapt or "tinker" with the language, which, in his opinion, harmed unanimity and the goal of achieving wide acceptance.
  • The demanding yet evolving art form allows individuals to express themselves creatively through movement, while enabling them to adapt movement that possesses a rhythmical pattern and fluid motions that allure an audience either onstage or on film.
  • Following the success of other Marvel characters introduced during the 1960s, Captain America was recast as a hero "haunted by past memories, and trying to adapt to 1960s society".

  • The species is versatile, able to adapt to and expand into environments modified by humans.
  • "Battle Angel Alita" (1990) has had a notable influence on filmmaker James Cameron, who was planning to adapt it into a film since 2000.
  • The first settlers had to adapt to hunting smaller animals and develop appropriate strategies to adjust to the new conditions.
  • If a country is heavily plagued with poverty, large corporations continuously grow, but smaller companies begin to wither and are then forced to adapt and scavenge for any method of survival.
  • The vehicle would have three axles and the outer two could pivot to adapt to curvature of the track.

  • These animals would be less able to adapt to a dynamic environment.
  • Pascal creates a village for machines to live peacefully with the androids they're at war with and acts as a parental figure for other machines trying to adapt to their newly-found individuality.
  • Subsequently, it is easy to adapt the building to the taste of the time and place, and add on new features and details. Practical and economical.
  • These five architects had to adapt their plans to detailed requirements.
  • A female advisory panel was established to adapt the design of the cars to the taste of women.

  • On occasion, even the soldiers of national militaries are forced to adapt their civilian-type vehicles for combat use, often using improvised armor and scrounged weapons.
  • There was a critical need to adapt the CM's cartridges for the carbon dioxide scrubber system to work in the LM; the crew and mission controllers were successful in improvising a solution.
  • This meant that the original plan included paving streets that were not immediately put into use; the advantage of this was that the original plan is hard to undo because he provided for an entire street network, but on the other hand, is difficult to adapt and mold to other circumstances in the future.
  • This setback was caused by a range of factors: an unsustainable economy resulted in erosion and denudation, while conflicts with the local Inuit resulted in the failure to adapt their Arctic technologies; a colder climate resulted in starvation, and the colony got economically marginalized as the Great Plague and Barbary pirates harvested its victims on Iceland in the 15th century.
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