adaptation
pronunciation
How to pronounce adaptation in British English:
UK [ˌædæpˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce adaptation in American English:
US [ˌædæpˈteɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
- the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
- (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
Word Origin
- adaptation (n.)
- c. 1600, "action of adapting," from French adaptation, from Late Latin adaptationem (nominative adaptatio), noun of action from past participle stem of adaptare (see adapt). Meaning "condition of being adapted" is from 1670s. Sense of "modification of a thing to suit new conditions" is from 1790. Biological sense first recorded 1859 in Darwin's writings.
Example
- 1. Different rules are required - and adaptation is critical .
- 2. Which is your favorite adaptation of the book ?
- 3. It probably arose as an adaptation to scarcity of nutrients .
- 4. It remains the earliest direct adaptation .
- 5. The mongoose 's evolutionary adaptation is not unique .