adaptation

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
2. (countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
3. (uncountable) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
4. (countable) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
5. (uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
6. (countable) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
7. (countable, uncountable) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.

Opposite of

maladaptation

Synonyms

adjustment

accommodation

adaption

version

application

adjusting

introduction

compliance

conformity

conformance

change

assimilation

adapting

conversion

absorption

acclimation

acclimatization

alteration

commentary

conformation

customization

fitting

installation

rendering

revision

implementation

convenient

translation

correspondence

customisation

dramatisation

dramatization

edit

expansion

expiation

fitness

try-on

harmony

improvement

physiological adaptation

agreeing

joining

metamorphosis

readjustment

recast

reconciliation

recreation

redaction

refashioning

reform

Translations

adaptation

adaptación

adattamento

Anpassung

adaptação

Adaptation

Adaption

aanpassing

adaptació

Bearbeitung

adeguamento

προσαρμογή

bewerking

adaptatie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

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

Sentences

He was involved in script adaptation and dubbing for Latin American audiences .