adapted

1. 1
   adjective

   Changed or altered so as to suit a different situation, purpose, or medium.

   The adapted curriculum gave struggling students extra support without slowing the class.

   Animals living in the deep ocean are remarkably adapted to crushing pressure and darkness.

   Similarmodified, suited, adjusted, tailored

   Oppositeunmodified, unsuited

   Note

   A participle that has become a true adjective, and it shows in the grading: one creature can be more adapted to the cold than another, and the most adapted are the ones that thrive. It usually takes to for the conditions being met (adapted to darkness). Before a noun, it marks a work carried into a new medium (an adapted novel).

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of adapt.

   The team adapted quickly once the new safety rules took effect.

   The popular novel was adapted for the screen within two years of its release.

   Note

   One spelling does double duty, as with any regular verb: she adapted the text and the text has been adapted share the same -ed form. The verb works in two directions. Used transitively, someone reshapes a thing for a new purpose. Used intransitively, people themselves adjust to something new. Once the participle settles before a noun, as in an adapted screenplay, it has become the adjective.

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