Dictionary

adaptation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/ (General-American)
• /ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der. Proto-Italic *apjō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō (“to fit, adjust, modify; to adapt, fit or adjust to”); see adapt. Equivalent to adapt + -ation.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
   • Lifestyle adaptation arises because people inevitably encounter a gap between the style of life they desire and the actual resources they control. 2015, Jon M. Hawes, Proceedings of the 1989 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference, Springer, →ISBN, page 70:
   • To sum up, the Furka-Oberalp Railway is a good example of the adaptation of the rack-and-pinion system to a main line over mountainous terrain. 1950 November, H. P. White, “The Furka-Oberalp Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 770:
2. (countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
   • It's staggering because these adaptations to your schedule can dramatically change your life forever. 1999, Jim Meisenheimer, How to Double Your Sales Without Quadrupling Your Effort, Helbern, →ISBN, page 41:
3. (uncountable) The process of replacing a given morpheme of a source lexeme with an equivalent morpheme of the target lexeme, especially where the two morphemes are cognates.
4. (qualifier:evolutionary theory, uncountable) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
   • ACCLIMATIZATION, the process of adaptation by which animals and plants are gradually rendered capable of surviving and flourishing in countries remote from their original habitats, or under meteorological conditions different from those which they have usually to endure, and at first injurious to them. 1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:
5. (countable, qualifier:evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
   • This is the very method adopted, in the structure of the eye, to produce a perfect picture on the retina; it is an adaptation to the laws of light, and the property of color, in natural objects. 1844, Robert Sears, The Guide to Knowledge, Or Repertory of Facts: Forming a Complete Library of Entertaining Information, in the Several Departments of Science, Lterature, and Art, Embellished by Several Hundred Engravings, page 465:
6. (uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
   • Plays are rich and suitable sources for adaptation to film. 2010, David K. Irving, Fundamentals of Film Directing, McFarland, →ISBN, page 19:
7. (countable) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
   • Having partly a bibliographic value, and partly confirming the statements above as to Balzac's influence, the following details concerning theatrical adaptations of some of his novels may serve as a supplement to this chapter. 1910, Frederick Lawton, Balzac:
8. (countable, uncountable) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.

Forms

Antonyms

maladaptation

Deriveds

space adaptation syndrome · interadaptation · neuroadaptation · preadaptation · Netflix adaptation · pseudoadaptation · hedonic adaptation · hyperadaptation · misadaptation · angioadaptation · deep adaptation · inadaptation · deadaptation · postadaptation · ketoadaptation · disadaptation · overadaptation · pathoadaptation · nonadaptation · photoadaptation · osmoadaptation · haloadaptation · seroadaptation · bioadaptation · adaptationism · readaptation · counteradaptation · exaptation · mechanoadaptation · thermoadaptation · adaptational · adaptationist

Relateds

adaptedness · adapter · co-adaptation · adapt · adaptability · adaption · adaptitude

Translations (84)

mi urutaunga (change that is made or undergone) · fa سازش (process of adapting) · hy վերամշակում (process of adapting an artistic work) · fi muutos (process of adapting) · el προσαρμογή (process of adapting) · hy հարմարեցում (process of adapting) · bg адапта́ция (process of adapting an artistic work) · es adaptación (process of adapting) · el προσαρμογή (change that is made or undergone) · la accommodātiō (process of adapting) · gl adaptación (evolutionary theory: instance of change) · pl adaptacja (change that is made or undergone) · gl adaptación (change that is made or undergone) · pl przystosowanie (process of adapting) · bg адапта́ция (artistic work that has been adapted) · bg пригаждане (process of adapting) · de Ad­ap­tie­rung (artistic work that has been adapted) · es adaptación (evolutionary theory: process of change) · gu અનુકૂલન (evolutionary theory: instance of change) · fa سازگاری (process of adapting) · eo adaptaĵo (artistic work that has been adapted) · hy վերամշակում (artistic work that has been adapted) · pl adaptacja (evolutionary theory: instance of change) · es adaptación (process of adapting an artistic work) · de Ad­ap­ta­ti­on (evolutionary theory: process of change) · id pengalihwahanaan (process of adapting an artistic work) · pl adaptacja (process of adapting an artistic work) · gu અનુકૂલન (process of adapting) · bg адапта́ция (evolutionary theory: process of change) · gl adaptación (process of adapting an artistic work) · fr adaptation (process of adapting an artistic work) · pl adaptacja (process of adapting) · bg адаптация (process of adapting) · fa سازگاری (evolutionary theory: process of change) · fr adaptation (artistic work that has been adapted) · de Anpassung (process of adapting) · ko 적응 (process of adapting) · ca adaptació (process of adapting an artistic work) · eo adaptado (process of adapting) · fi muutos (change that is made or undergone) · fi sopeuttaminen (process of adapting) · hy ադապտացիա (process of adapting) · gl adaptación (artistic work that has been adapted) · fi sopeutuminen (evolutionary theory: process of change) · eo adaptado (process of adapting an artistic work) · fi sovittaminen (process of adapting an artistic work) · bg приспособяване (process of adapting) · de Ad­ap­tie­rung (process of adapting an artistic work) · de Ad­ap­ti­on (artistic work that has been adapted) · es adaptación (change that is made or undergone) · ca adaptació (evolutionary theory: instance of change) · pl adaptacja (evolutionary theory: process of change) · ca adaptació (change that is made or undergone) · ko 적응 (evolutionary theory: process of change) · fi sopeutuminen (evolutionary theory: instance of change) · bg адапта́ция (evolutionary theory: instance of change) · gl adaptación (evolutionary theory: process of change) · ca adaptació (evolutionary theory: process of change) · fr adaptation (process of adapting) · fa سازگاری (evolutionary theory: instance of change) · de Bearbeitung (process of adapting an artistic work) · hu adaptáció (evolutionary theory: process of change) · pl adaptacja (artistic work that has been adapted) · eo adapto (change that is made or undergone) · ca adaptació (artistic work that has been adapted) · mi urutautanga (evolutionary theory: instance of change) · id adaptasi (process of adapting) · mi urutautanga (evolutionary theory: process of change) · gl adaptación (process of adapting) · es adaptación (artistic work that has been adapted) · mi urutaunga (process of adapting) · fi sopeutuminen (process of adapting) · id adaptasi (change that is made or undergone) · id adaptasi (evolutionary theory: process of change) · gu અનુકૂલન (evolutionary theory: process of change) · de Kompromiss (change that is made or undergone) · ca adaptació (process of adapting) · fi sovitus (artistic work that has been adapted) · bg адапта́ция (change that is made or undergone) · kk бейімдеу (process of adapting) · de Anpassung (change that is made or undergone) · id adaptasi (evolutionary theory: instance of change) · es adaptación (evolutionary theory: instance of change) · hy հարմարեցում (change that is made or undergone)