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adaptation

Pronunciation: /ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/

The English word “adaptation” has 8 meanings listed here.

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. 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.

Etymology

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.

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