(also less frequent adaption) noun
1 [C] a film/movie, book or play that is based on a particular piece of work but that has been changed for a new situation:
a screen adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'
2 [U] the process of changing sth, for example your behaviour, to suit a new situation:
the adaptation of desert species to the hot conditions
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