Meaning

8 senses
  1. (uncountable)The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.

    the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

  2. (countable)A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.

    Kompromiss, Anpassung

  3. (uncountable)The process of replacing a given morpheme of a source lexeme with an equivalent morpheme of the target lexeme, especially where the two morphemes are cognates.

  4. (uncountable)The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.

    Ad­ap­ta­ti­on

  5. (countable)An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.

  6. (uncountable)The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.

    Bearbeitung, Ad­ap­tie­rung, Anpassung

  7. (countable)An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.

    Ad­ap­ti­on, Ad­ap­tie­rung

    a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

  8. (countable, uncountable)The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Evolution is not progression, but adaptation.

    Еволюція — не прогрес, а адаптація.

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  2. Evolution is adaptation.

    Еволюція — це адаптація.

    ruЭволюция - это адаптация.

    deEvolution ist Anpassung.

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  3. It's only a matter of adaptation.

    ruЭто всего лишь вопрос адаптации.

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  4. There must be adaptations in the translations.

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  5. His adaptation of the book surprised everyone.

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Translations

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By meaning 4
change that is made or undergone:
evolutionary theory: process of change:
process of adapting an artistic work:
artistic work that has been adapted:

Origin

From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō (“to fit, adjust,

From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō (“to fit, adjust, modify; to adapt, fit or adjust to”); see adapt. Equivalent to adapt + -ation.

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