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Adapter

nounid 7532·updated May 18, 2026
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device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible

polysemous

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Variants

synonym
adaptorarrangertranscriber
plural
Adapters
possessive
Adapter's
pluralpossessive
Adapters'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
§2
a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance

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