Meaning

One who is capable of adapting to differing situations..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
2. One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
3. A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
4. (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.

Example Sentences

He was an able adapter, and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.

The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.

He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.

Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.

Word Forms

• adapters
• adaptor

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