adapter

A device that lets equipment with different plugs or connections work together.

• I need a travel adapter.
• This adapter connects my laptop to the screen.
• Do these adapters work with European sockets?

How to use it: adapter for something (I need an adapter for this plug.)

Similar words: converter

Common phrases: travel adapter, power adapter, adapter for something, network adapter

A person who changes easily to suit new situations.

• She is a quick adapter.
• Successful adapters learn from unfamiliar situations.
• He proved an able adapter to life abroad.

How to use it: adapter to something (She is a quick adapter to new conditions.)

Common phrases: quick adapter, successful adapter, adapter to change

A person who changes a book or play so it works in another form or setting.

• The adapter shortened the play.
• She worked as an adapter of novels for television.
• The adapters kept the story but changed its setting.

How to use it: adapter of something (She is the adapter of the new stage version.)

Common phrases: adapter of novels, skilled adapter, stage adapter