adaptation

5 definitions • 6 examples

the process of changing to suit different conditions:

The documentary is about corruption, crime and human adaptation to difficult circumstances.

His team's successful adaptation to life in the top-flight has come as no surprise.

the process in which a living thing changes slightly over time to be able to continue to exist in a particular environment, or a change like this:

Evolution occurs as a result of adaptation to new environments.

It's these evolutionary adaptations that make aphids and other insects so destructive.

a film, book, play, etc. that has been made from another film, book, play, etc.:

Last year he starred in the film adaptation of Bill Cronshaw's best-selling novel.

something produced to adjust to different conditions or uses, or to meet different situations:

[ C ] The movie was an adaptation of a novel.

a characteristic of a plant or animal that makes it able to adjust to the conditions of a particular environment