English Explanatory Dictionary

adaptation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/ /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-adaptation.wav /əˈɖæpˌʈe.ʃən/

Word forms

adaptation adaptations adaption

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ 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.

Antonyms

maladaptation

Related words

adapt adaptability adaptedness adapter adaption adaptitude co-adaptation

Derived words

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

Translations

Armenian: հարմարեցում Armenian: ադապտացիա Bulgarian: приспособяване Bulgarian: пригаждане Bulgarian: адаптация Catalan: adaptació Esperanto: adaptado Finnish: sopeutuminen Finnish: sopeuttaminen Finnish: muutos French: adaptation Galician: adaptación German: Anpassung Greek: προσαρμογή Gujarati: અનુકૂલન Indonesian: adaptasi Kazakh: бейімдеу Korean: 적응 Latin: accommodātiō Māori: urutaunga Persian: سازش Persian: سازگاری Polish: adaptacja Polish: przystosowanie Spanish: adaptación
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