adaptation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The process of changing to fit a new situation or environment.

   Moving abroad required a long period of adaptation to the new culture.

2. 2
   noun

   A film, play, or book based on a work originally created in a different form.

   The movie is a faithful adaptation of the classic novel.

3. 3
   noun

   A change in a living thing that helps it survive better in its surroundings.

   The frog's green skin is an adaptation that helps it hide from predators.

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 *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō 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 +…

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