Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Specifically, resulting from immunization; as, an adapted serum.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
adapt .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
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Examples
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As a rookie he was nicknamed by teammates “Nervous Nervous Friend,” a moniker adapted from a Damon Runyon character named Nicely Nicely Johnson.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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As a rookie he was nicknamed by teammates “Nervous Nervous Friend,” a moniker adapted from a Damon Runyon character named Nicely Nicely Johnson.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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As a rookie he was nicknamed by teammates “Nervous Nervous Friend,” a moniker adapted from a Damon Runyon character named Nicely Nicely Johnson.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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He should have been in hospital months ago for a week of intravenous drug therapy and utter calm, but Naohiro would not-or possibly could not-agree to it Naohiro possessed kan, a word adapted from the Chinese that referred to the home of a ruling mandarin.
Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990
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Tennessee, during the winter of 1865 to 1866, by six former Confederate army officers who gave their society a name adapted from the Greek word
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Tennessee, during the winter of 1865 to 1866, by six former Confederate army officers who gave their society a name adapted from the Greek word
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Kwongan is a term adapted from the Aboriginal Noongar language to cover the various Western Australian types of shrubland, comparable with the maquis, chaparral, and fynbos of other countries with Mediterranean-type systems.
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How has your label adapted to changes in society, business, etc?
PlugInMusic.com 2009
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How has your label adapted to changes in society, business, etc?
PlugInMusic.com 2009
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How has your label adapted to changes in society, business, etc?
PlugInMusic.com 2009
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