Definition of 'adaptation'
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adaptation in British English
noun
1.
the act or process of adapting or the state of being adapted; adjustment
2.
something that is produced by adapting something else
4. biology
an inherited or acquired modification in organisms that makes them better suited to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
6. psychology
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adaptation in American English
noun
1.
an adapting or being adapted
2.
a thing resulting from adapting
this play is an adaptation of a novel
3.
4.
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adaptational (ˌadapˈtational)
adjective
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adaptation in American English
(ˌædəpˈteiʃən)
noun
1.
the act of adapting
2.
the state of being adapted; adjustment
3.
something produced by adapting
an adaptation of a play for television
4. Biology
a.
b.
a form or structure modified to fit a changed environment
c.
the ability of a species to survive in a particular ecological niche, esp. because of alterations of form or behavior brought about through natural selection
5. Physiology
7. Also: adaption (əˈdæpʃən) Sociology
a slow, usually unconscious modification of individual and social activity in adjustment to cultural surroundings
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adaptational adjective
adaptationally
adverb
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[1600–10; ‹ ML adaptātiōn- (s. of adaptātiō), equiv. to L adaptāt(us) (ptp. of adaptāre to adapt; see -ate1) + -iōn- -ion]Examples of 'adaptation' in a sentence
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adaptation
British English: adaptation
NOUN /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/
An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television programme that is based on it.
...his screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth.
- American English: adaptation /ædæpˈteɪʃən/
- Brazilian Portuguese: adaptação
- Chinese: 改编
- European Spanish: adaptación
- French: adaptation
- German: Bearbeitung
- Italian: adattamento
- Japanese: 改作
- Korean: 각색
- European Portuguese: adaptação
- Latin American Spanish: adaptación
- Thai: การดัดแปลง
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