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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of adapting, or the state of being adapted.
The adaptation of the novel for the Broadway stage took a year of hard work.- synonyms:
- accommodation, adjustment, modification, naturalization
- similar words:
- alteration, change, compliance, conformation, shaping, variation
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| definition 2: |
the result of such an act or process.
We enjoyed the film adaptation of the play.- synonyms:
- accommodation, adjustment, modification, naturalization
- similar words:
- alteration, arrangement, change, compliance, conformation, conversion, rendition, shaping, variation, version
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| definition 3: |
in biology, the process of change in an organism, over time, resulting in it being better able to survive and multiply.
- similar words:
- assimilation, variation
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| definition 4: |
in biology, that which results from the process of adaptation.
Waterproof feathers is one of this bird's adaptations. |
| related words: |
conversion, music |
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| derivations: |
adaptational (adj.), adaptationally (adv.) |
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