adapted

1. 1.

   changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose

   “seeds precisely adapted to the area”

   “instructions altered to suit the children's different ages”

   Synonymsaltered

   Similarmodified

Questions about adapted

What does adapted mean?

adapted means "changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose".

How many syllables are in adapted?

adapted has 3 syllables: a-dap-ted. The stress falls on "dap". In IPA it is /əˈdæptɪd/.

What is another word for adapted?

Close synonyms include altered. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adapted a common word?

adapted is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.