adaption

noun

adap·​tion ə-ˈdap-shən How to pronounce adaption (audio)
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Examples of adaption in a Sentence

the store's slow adaption to shoppers' changing tastes spelled its doom
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Marlow played Claire in the 2008 movie adaption of The Clique, which also featured Bridgit Mendler, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Samantha Boscarino and Sophie Anna Everhard. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024 Wars, geopolitical tensions, a looming climate crisis and the rapid adaption of AI are just some of the drivers and symptoms of a volatile world. Martin Gutmann, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 The Graveyard Book Disney paused its film adaption of Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, a September 4 IndieWire report claims. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024 But similar mutations have been seen in H5N1 cases in other animals, and there has been little other evidence of mammalian adaption so far, Peacock says. Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 7 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for adaption 

Word History

Etymology

by contraction (perhaps conformed to adoption)

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of adaption was in 1615

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“Adaption.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adaption. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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