adaptation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
  2. noun the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
  3. noun (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

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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