adaptation
The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situationThe process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
» Evolution is not progression, but adaptation.
Еволюція — не прогрес, а адаптація. — deniko
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8 senses(uncountable)The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
(countable)A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
Kompromiss, Anpassung
(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.
(uncountable)The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
Adaptation
(countable)An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
(uncountable)The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
Bearbeitung, Adaptierung, Anpassung
(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
(countable, uncountable)The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
Examples
31 sentencesEvolution is not progression, but adaptation.
Еволюція — не прогрес, а адаптація. — deniko
Evolution is adaptation.
Еволюція — це адаптація. — deniko
ruЭволюция - это адаптация. — marafon
deEvolution ist Anpassung. — brauchinet
It's only a matter of adaptation.
ruЭто всего лишь вопрос адаптации. — marafon
There must be adaptations in the translations.
His adaptation of the book surprised everyone.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 4
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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Forms
plural: adaptationsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form:version
- the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions):adaptionadjustment
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
36 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.