What part of speech is adapted?

Adapted can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. adapted is a verb, past participle of adapt (infinitive).
  • 2. adapted is a verb, past simple of adapt (infinitive).
  • 3. adapted is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more adapted
    most adapted
  • Positive: adapted 
  • Comparative: more adapted
  • Superlative: most adapted

What does adapted mean?

Definitions

Adjective

adapted - 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"

Verb

adapt - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
adapt - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

Examples of adapted

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Seeds precisely adapted to the area.
2. verb The good news is that all of this is temporary, because the evolution of international law has always adapted itself to reality.
3. verb This left Westmoreland with few options, so he adapted a Search and Destroy strategy instead of a Clear and Defend strategy which is, in the long run, the preferred method of pacifying an insurgency.
4. verb He was patient and adapted when everything didn't go according to schedule on my wedding day.
5. verb They moved to New York, but adapted easily to their new surroundings.
6. verb The story was adapted for the movie.
7. verb He was adapted to the circumstances.
8. verb The play was adapted from a novel.
9. verb Tom soon adapted himself to school life.
10. verb This book is adapted for children.
11. verb The novel was adapted for a film.
12. verb This dictionary is adapted for high school students.
13. verb This dictionary is well adapted for beginners.
14. verb This play was adapted from the novel.
15. verb I don't think they've fully adapted to the working world yet. They still seem like students.
16. verb The architect adapted the house to the needs of old people.
Sentence  
adj.
Seeds precisely adapted to the area.
verb
The good news is that all of this is temporary, because the evolution of international law has always adapted itself to reality.
This left Westmoreland with few options, so he adapted a Search and Destroy strategy instead of a Clear and Defend strategy which is, in the long run, the preferred method of pacifying an insurgency.
He was patient and adapted when everything didn't go according to schedule on my wedding day.
They moved to New York, but adapted easily to their new surroundings.
The story was adapted for the movie.
He was adapted to the circumstances.
The play was adapted from a novel.
Tom soon adapted himself to school life.
This book is adapted for children.
The novel was adapted for a film.
This dictionary is adapted for high school students.
This dictionary is well adapted for beginners.
This play was adapted from the novel.
I don't think they've fully adapted to the working world yet. They still seem like students.
The architect adapted the house to the needs of old people.

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