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Noun
1. Adaption
Definitions
- n. 1
The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
Related words
- Word family
- adapt adaptability adapter adaption
- Phrases
- hedonic adaptation space adaptation syndrome
Forms
- Plural
- adaptations → adaptions, adjustments, versions, modulations…
Example sentences
- adjustment The decline isn't so sharp after seasonal adjustment.
- version Do you want the long version or the short version?
- modulation This piece has almost no modulation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| adaptation | steady | |
| adjustment | falling | |
| adaption | falling | |
| version | rising | |
| modulation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- version2, harmony3
- 8 letters
- adaption
- 10 letters
- adjustment3, modulation4, conformity4
- 13 letters
- accommodation5, qualification5
- 14 letters
- correspondence4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (version2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- adaptation
- Italiano
- adattamento
- Español
- adaptación
- Català
- adaptació