| query | If you a____ a book or play, you change it so that it can be made into a film or a television programme .If you adapt a book or play, you change it so that it can be made into a film or a television programme . The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen. The film has been adapted from a play of the same title. |
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| word | adapt |
| full-definition | verb If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully. The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change. They have had to adapt themselves to a war economy. If you adapt something, you change it to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation. Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office. If you adapt a book or play, you change it so that it can be made into a film or a television programme . The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen. The film has been adapted from a play of the same title. |
| inflections | adaptsadaptingadapted |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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