Verb (used with object) : They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : to adapt easily to all circumstances. From Dictionary.com.
We will lose ground unless we readapt our tactics. From Wordnik.com. [A Two Way Iron Curtain] Reference
So it's a constant thing of trying to adapt and readapt out there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2009] Reference
Within a matter of a few days, they can readapt to a new environment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2008] Reference
How did you readapt psychologically and physiologically to being back on Earth?. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Flight Press Conference Upon Returning From The Russian Space Station Mir] Reference
Although many wild specimens have become nocturnal, captives readily readapt to daylight. From Wordnik.com. [15 Agouti] Reference
Could you give us some examples of what it's like to readapt after a long period of weightlessness?. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Flight Press Conference Upon Returning From The Russian Space Station Mir] Reference
As labor becomes more and more highly specialized, the body of the laborer is forced to readapt itself. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
One wonders at the end of the novel how Jim will readapt to life in the West, after his return to England. From Wordnik.com. [Ballardian » ‘Le passé composé de J. G. Ballard’: JGB on Empire of the Sun] Reference
I project myself, I readapt myself, I choose again and again, I make promises in the name of you, I live up to them. From Wordnik.com. [The Esthetics of Holler] Reference
These are people, the insurgents, who adapt and readapt to every -- everything so far that the U.S. has been able to put in front of them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2007] Reference
Ms. Frederic says by sending some of the children to camp in New York, "they can start a new life and help readapt them to a new reality.". From Wordnik.com. [YMCA Gives Haitian Children a Summer Vacation] Reference
GROSS: Did you immediately see implications for your vision when your husband had to learn how to adapt to space and then readapt to Earth?. From Wordnik.com. [Do You See What I See? A Scientist's Journey Into 3-D] Reference
So, particularly for the long duration folks, it's very important to maintain your muscles in good tone and to help you readapt when you get back on planet Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Space Diary: March 2009] Reference
Changes of more than 2°C per day are harmful to the process, since the bacteria adapt rapidly to prevailing conditions and must readapt when the temperature changes. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
He just started now and needs time to readapt as well. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Pontiac didn't have a small car and had to readapt the Chevy Nova into a Ventura. From Wordnik.com. [Jalopnik] Reference
The Soldier, the spouse and the children then face the stress of having to readapt. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Mind] Reference
Should he go for it, Mr Strauss-Kahn's biggest test may be to readapt to the Socialists'. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
Only a few years later, he dropped dead, as if he were never able to readapt to Soviet life. From Wordnik.com. [International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions] Reference
Skin that has not been exposed for months during the winter can readapt to spring sun fairly easily. From Wordnik.com. [The Times-Reporter Home RSS] Reference
"It's like getting back on a bike," Clarke said about the time it took to readapt to the military life. From Wordnik.com. [The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front] Reference
If it fails, Europe would have very little time to readapt its emissions reduction strategies, 'she said. From Wordnik.com. [Global Issues News Headlines] Reference
This is a force that annihilates the past and demands that people learn to adapt and readapt to new experiences. From Wordnik.com. [BrothersJudd Blog] Reference
I have to readapt to the speed, the braking points, the demands of riding a MotoGP machine again and this will take some time. From Wordnik.com. [Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed] Reference
That was something he kind of had to readapt and he got an excellent DP in David Boyd to help him make a multi-camera set-up work. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He knows the conditions under which a given habit works, and is in a position to introduce the changes which will readapt it to new conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education] Reference
Its function is to convert rigidity into plasticity, to readapt the individual to the whole, in short, to round off the corners wherever they are met with. From Wordnik.com. [Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic] Reference
Eliminate the threat, log the results mentally and readapt any future results accordingly with experience and a greater understanding to deal with the next threat. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Struggling to readapt to her roots, Miley's attitude begins to change when she meets her grandma's farmhand, Travis Brody (Lucas Till), and an attraction develops. From Wordnik.com. [KCCI.com - Local News] Reference
The return of the traditonal spoiler to NASCAR promises to be a spoiler to some and boon to others as teams readapt to the classic styling and the altered aerodynamics. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Times News Headlines] Reference
With a focus on helping women veterans heal and readapt to civilian life with family ties intact, Operation Home Front supports women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
Then, while you're at it, look at how many species will be killed off if we destroy the environment they evolved in (and which is changing faster than they can readapt to). From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Ender in Exile begins after the life-changing events of Battle School, where these children†"- now teenagersâ€" - must leave and readapt to life in the outside world. From Wordnik.com. [comicbookbin.com] Reference
Some habits don’t change, and I’ll easily readapt, I’m sure. From Wordnik.com. [Still Journeying] Reference
They can’t move around it or readapt or tinker to any positive way for modern blindness. From Wordnik.com. [More creationist misconceptions about the eye - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
"With the change in climate our needs also have to readapt. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
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