adapts
Shifts to fit
Adapts is the third-person singular of adapt, meaning to adjust or modify something to fit new conditions or purposes.
A species adapts to its environment over generations; a person adapts a novel for the screen by reshaping it for a different medium.
She adapts quickly to change.
The curriculum adapts to student needs.
Changes partially
- tailorsClothing alteration professionals
- customizesModifies to individual specifications
- altersMakes something different
- conformsMatches expected standards
transforms · revises · amends · tweaks · refines · accommodates · aligns · reconfigures
Capable in varied contexts
- resilientAble to recover quickly
- pliableCapable of bending easily
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- suppleFlexing without damage
adjustable · accommodating · responsive · agile · nimble · fluid · dynamic · elastic
Permanent DNA alteration
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
diversification · variation · fitness · survival · camouflage · mimicry · resistance · traits
Film's written blueprint
- stageRaised performance platform
- filmMovie or coating
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- novelNew and unusual
book · story · dramatizes · reimagines · translates · interprets · updates · modernizes
modifies
Changes partially
- tailorsClothing alteration professionals
- customizesModifies to individual specifications
- altersMakes something different
conforms · transforms · revises · amends · tweaks · refines · accommodates · aligns · reconfigures · reworks
versatile
Capable in varied contexts
supple · adjustable · accommodating · responsive · agile · nimble · fluid · dynamic · elastic · yielding
mutation
Permanent DNA alteration
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
phylogeny · diversification · variation · fitness · survival · camouflage · mimicry · resistance · traits · inheritance
screenplay
Film's written blueprint
- stageRaised performance platform
- filmMovie or coating
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
novel · book · story · dramatizes · reimagines · translates · interprets · updates · modernizes · abridges
- transformationschange, changes, transform, transforms, transformation
- localizespinpoints, identifies, situates, positions, places
- training verbstrains, teaches, tutors, instructs, coaches
- socializingmingle, mingles, mingling, party, parties
- bouncing backrebounds, springs back, snaps back, ricochets, boomerang effect
- settling downmarriage, marries, homeownership, buying a house, starting a family
- film adaptationMovie from prior source
- power adapterConverts electrical current for devices
- AC adapterConverts outlet power for electronics
- adaptive learningInstruction adjusting to learner
- travel adapterDevice bridging plug standards
- screen adaptationWork converted for cinema
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