Adapted is an English word with synonyms like altered or modified. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Adapted in a sentence
Related words
Adapted meaning
simple past and past participle of adapt
Using Adapted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of adapt
- Useful related words include: altered, modified.
- In the example corpus, adapted often appears in combinations such as: adapted from, adapted to, been adapted.
Context around Adapted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Adapted
- In this selection, "adapted" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, optimally, recently, anthem, loosely, six and puck stand out and add context to how "adapted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adapted from a, adapted an idea, adapted screenplay and best adapted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "adapted" sits close to words such as robust, liberty and wages, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with adapted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Adapted an idea I had seen online and made it his own. (12 words)
This book was adapted as dramatic plays, and was adapted six times as a film. (15 words)
For example, "Australia" has been adapted as Ōsutoraria ( オーストラリア main), and "supermarket" has been adapted and shortened into sūpā ( スーパー main). (21 words)
Having it be a book, especially as opposed to, you know, a lot of musicals are adapted from movies nowadays and having it be adapted from a book that’s a humongous series, there is just a wealth of information that I get to dive into. (46 words)
Other noteworthy films produced during this period are adaptations of literary classics, such as Sang Hu's The New Year's Sacrifice (1956; adapted from a Lu Xun story) and Shui Hua 's The Lin Family Shop (1959; adapted from a Mao Dun story). (44 words)
She felt that it was "ill adapted to her vocal abilities", Sherillo, in Weinstock 1971, p. 104 but Bellini was able to persuade her to keep trying for a week, after which she adapted to it and confessed her earlier error. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Jackson is best known for the celebrated work of psychological horror fiction, The Haunting of Hill House, which has been adapted several times and was recently adapted loosely by Mike Flanagan for a Netflix series.
The two short stories are “The Cop and the Anthem,” adapted by Mark Bucci and directed by Caleb Pyle, and “The Gift of the Magi,” adapted by Jon Jory and directed by Anne Nolan.
Having it be a book, especially as opposed to, you know, a lot of musicals are adapted from movies nowadays and having it be adapted from a book that’s a humongous series, there is just a wealth of information that I get to dive into.
For example, "Australia" has been adapted as Ōsutoraria ( オーストラリア main), and "supermarket" has been adapted and shortened into sūpā ( スーパー main).
Meikle, p. 110 It was adapted for both radio (in Stay Tuned for Terror) and television (as an episode of Thriller in 1961 adapted by Barré Lyndon ).
Numerous species have adapted to human-modified habitats, particularly those adapted to woodlands, and may be found in cultivated and agricultural areas, as well as parks and gardens in towns and cities.
Other noteworthy films produced during this period are adaptations of literary classics, such as Sang Hu's The New Year's Sacrifice (1956; adapted from a Lu Xun story) and Shui Hua 's The Lin Family Shop (1959; adapted from a Mao Dun story).
She felt that it was "ill adapted to her vocal abilities", Sherillo, in Weinstock 1971, p. 104 but Bellini was able to persuade her to keep trying for a week, after which she adapted to it and confessed her earlier error.
The back of the book states that it is adapted from Goliath and Goliath Returns, but the actual story is only adapted from Goliath.
These were "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes" (1970) (adapted by Robert M. Young and directed by John Badham); and "The Dead Man" (adapted and directed by Douglas Heyes).
This book was adapted as dramatic plays, and was adapted six times as a film.
This new changed population of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is optimally adapted to the context it evolved in. At the same time, it is not necessarily optimally adapted any more to the old antibiotic free environment.
While they were not as well-adapted to aquatic life as modern penguins, Waimanu were generally loon -like birds but already flightless, with short wings adapted for deep diving.
According to Canadian Blind Hockey, “The sport uses some modified rules and equipment, most notably the adapted puck that makes noise and is larger than a traditional puck.
Adapted an idea I had seen online and made it his own.
Adapted for life in the water, loons cannot walk on land and, as such, they build their nest right at the water’s edge.
Adapted for US television by comedy writer Greg Daniels, provided a strikingly similar mockumentary look and helped to make Steve Carell a household name as Michael Scott.
Adapted from 2 Weeks To A Younger You: Secrets To Living Longer And Feeling Fantastic by Gabriela Peacock, published by Kyle Books on May 25 at £25.
Adapted from a 2007 novel of the same name, tracks the life of an L.A. detective in 1970s California who spends his days solving cases while taking marijuana.
Adapted from a graphic novel by Andrew Kevin Walker, also the writer of David Fincher’s 1995 breakthrough hit Seven, The Killer is a hitman revenge thriller stripped down to its barest bones.
Phrases with adapted
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with adapted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- adapted from 44×
- adapted to 41×
- been adapted 19×
- adapted for 19×
- was adapted 17×
- adapted into 14×
- adapted by 13×
- is adapted 12×
- be adapted 11×
- adapted the 11×