adaptation
The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
Noun 4 meanings
The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
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.
The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
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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ADAPTATION at a glance
ADAPTATION has 10 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (A 1 + D 2 + A 1 + P 3 + T 1 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,873 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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