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Commonly Confused Words > adapt vs. adopt.

Adapt means to change to fit something else. Adopt means to select or accept, such as to adopt an orphan to be in your family.

The school adopted a new method to stop tardiness: lock the doors. The pupils of our eyes get bigger to adapt to darkness.

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