adopt, adapt, adept Eva FellowsAdjectives, Verbsadapt, adept, adopt, Robert FrostLeave a comment By LAWRENCE FELLOWS You can adopt a position, an amendment or a child, which means you choose it, embrace it or espouse it, or take it as your own. You can adapt yourself or something else to a particular situation by adjusting to it. An adept person is skilled or proficient, the sort who can adopt almost any position and, if necessary, adapt it to his needs. Often, these things take work, as the poet Robert Frost suggested: “It takes all sorts of in and outdoor schooling To get adapted to my kind of fooling.” Share this: Spread the Word!Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related