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.

Adapted — meaning and how to say it: uh-DAP-tid

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

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.

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