ADAPTATION


Meaning of ADAPTATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ædæpteɪʃ(ə)n ]

( adaptations)

1.

An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television programme that is based on it.

...Branagh’s screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry the Fifth.

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2.

Adaptation is the act of changing something or changing your behaviour to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation.

Most living creatures are capable of adaptation when compelled to do so.

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