How do you use the word "adapter" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "adapter" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "adapter": I had to buy a separate adapter to use the headset with my newest phone. This adapter lets you plug in up to four USB devices.

Adapter Meaning

/əˈdæptə(ɹ)/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounOne who is capable of adapting to differing situations.

nounOne who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.

Sentence Examples

I had to buy a separate adapter to use the headset with my newest phone.

This adapter lets you plug in up to four USB devices.

CEFR Practice Quiz

I needed a travel plug ____ to use my phone charger in Europe.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I need a travel ____ to charge my phone while I'm in London.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English adapter From adapt + -er.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”, in The New York Times:

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