Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles I was watching the Olympics last night, and the commentator used the wrong word. “She is incredible adapt at going big.” He said 'adapt', which is a verb. He meant 'adept', an adjective. ADEPT – very skilled, proficient. This person was an adept snowboarder, a very skilled snowboarder. So that's 'adept' with the EH vowel. But what he said was 'adapt', with the AA vowel. Now, that's a verb, and it means 'to make suitable to requirements or conditions, to adjust or modify fittingly. But what he meant was 'adept'. She is skilled. Adept, adapt.
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