ADAPTATION


Meaning of ADAPTATION in English

/ ˌædæpˈteɪʃn; NAmE / (also less frequent adap·tion / əˈdæpʃn; NAmE /) noun

1.

[ C ] a film / movie, book or play that is based on a particular piece of work but that has been changed for a new situation :

a screen adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'

2.

[ U ] the process of changing sth, for example your behaviour, to suit a new situation :

the adaptation of desert species to the hot conditions

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from French , from late Latin adaptatio(n-) , from Latin adaptare , from ad- to + aptare (from aptus fit).

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