adapt
v.v. to change your behavior or your ideas so that you can deal with a new situation. You can also use it when you change a book or a story so it can be made into a movie.
v. to adjust to new conditions or environments; to modify a text for a different medium. Transitive when referring to modifications; intransitive when describing a person's adjustment to circumstances.
It takes time to adapt to a new job.
The local wildlife had to adapt quickly when the forest was cleared for a new housing development.
Successful businesses are those that can adapt their strategies to meet shifting consumer demands without losing their core identity in the process.
From Middle English *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.
Takes the preposition 'to' when describing adjustment. When used for media, it is transitive and takes a direct object.
he adapted at the new climatehe adapted to the new climateThe verb requires the preposition 'to' when describing the process of adjusting to a situation or environment.