adaptation
noun OPAL W
/ˌædæpˈteɪʃn/
/ˌædæpˈteɪʃn/
(also less frequent adaption
/əˈdæpʃn/
/əˈdæpʃn/
)- the adaptation of buildings for military purposes
- adaptation to something The process of adaptation to a new school is difficult for some children.
- making adaptations to your home
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- successful
- special
- evolutionary
- …
- make
- occur
- adaptation for
- adaptation of
- adaptation to
- …
- a process of adaptation
- a screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cinematic
- film
- movie
- …
- develop
- direct
- film
- …
- adaptation of
- [uncountable, countable] adaptation (of something) (to something) (biology) the process of change by which a species becomes better suited to its environment
- the adaptation of desert species to the hot conditions
- Adaptations in plants occur over thousands of years.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare, from ad- ‘to’ + aptare(from aptus ‘fit’).