Adapt and Ready

Adapt

Adapt verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.

Usage example: it always takes freshmen a little while to adapt themselves to high school

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Ready and adapt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead a verb "Adapt".

Ready verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.

Usage example: this advanced course should ready him for college

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Adapt and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adapt" instead a verb "Ready".

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

life	adapt life	ready life
attack	adapt attack	ready attack
show	adapt show	ready show
plan	adapt plan	ready plan
Other words: bit, book, music, times, defenses, weapons.

In fact, it's precisely because he's about to retire that he is able to cope with the deaths of others and adapt quickly, whereas the younger troops aren't ready for so gruesome a battle.

Source: Film / Battle: Los Angeles
In Rurouni Kenshin, set as close to the beginning of the Meiji as it is, it primarily serves to show that characters are old-fashioned or not ready to adapt to the new era.

Source: Samurai Ponytail
However, when the show proved to be a bigger success than expected, Saban had no choice but to contract Toei to shoot additional footage specifically for MMPR, since they were not ready to adapt the Super Sentai franchise's tradition of changing the team's costumes and robots every year.

Source: Adaptation Expansion

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