adaptedness


a·dapt

A0078000 (ə-dăpt′)v. a·dapt·ed, a·dapt·ing, a·dapts v.tr.1. To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation: adapted the novel into a movie; adapted the company policy to take internet use into account.2. To cause to be able to survive and reproduce under certain conditions. Used in the passive: "Every species is adapted to a rather restricted selection of properties of the environment" (Ernst Mayr).v.intr. To become adapted: a species that has adapted to a low-oxygen environment.
[Middle English adapten, from Latin adaptāre : ad-, ad- + aptāre, to fit (from aptus, fitting; see apt).]
a·dapt′ed·ness n.Synonyms: adapt, accommodate, adjust, conform, fit1
These verbs mean to make suitable to or consistent with a particular situation or use: adapted themselves to city life; can't accommodate myself to the new requirements; adjusting their behavior to the rules; conforming my life to accord with my moral principles; fitting the punishment to the crime.

adaptedness

(əˈdæptɪdnəs) n1. suitability2. the state of having been adapted