Definitions For Adaptation

noun

  • (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
  • A written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
  • The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
  • Something that is adapted ; especially : a movie, book, play, etc., that is changed so that it can be presented in another form
  • A change in a plant or animal that makes it better able to live in a particular place or situation
  • The process of changing to fit some purpose or situation : the process of adapting

Is Adaptations a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
16

The word Adaptation is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Adaptation in a Sentence

  • His stage adaptation of the novel was a success.
  • The film is an adaptation of a book of the same title.
  • The insect's evolutionary adaptations enable it to be almost invisible even when sitting in the middle of a leaf.

Synonyms for Adaptation

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