Synonyms for ADAPTATION
ˌæd əpˈteɪ ʃənadap·ta·tion

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1. adaptation

   Synonyms:
   accommodation, adjustment, admeasurement, conformity, coincidence

   Antonyms:
   inconformity, incongruity, incompatibility, disharmony, misfit, malformation, mismeasurement

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1. adaptation, versionnoun

   a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

   "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"

   Synonyms:
   adaption, reading, translation, adjustment, interpretation, rendering, variant, variation, interlingual rendition, version, adaptation, edition

2. adaptation, adaption, adjustmentnoun

   the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

   Synonyms:
   adaption, accommodation, adjustment, readjustment, modification, alteration, fitting, allowance, version, registration, adaptation

3. adaptationnoun

   (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

   Synonyms:
   adjustment, version, adaption

Matched Categories

1. • Adjustment
   • Organic Process
   • Physiology
   • Writing

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1. contrafactum

   Submitted by anonymous on October 26, 2020  

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1. adaptationnoun

   Synonyms:
   fitness, suitableness, appropriateness, aptness, adaptability, accommodation, harmony

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1. adaptationnoun

   Synonyms:
   adjustment, conformability

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1. List of paraphrases for "adaptation":

   adapting, adjustment, adapt, adaptive, coping, retrofit, adaptations, tailoring, adaption, customization, accommodation, adaptability, adapted, alignment, 'adaptation, habilitation, adjusting, adjust, transition, adjustments

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1. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa:

   Not only is it the first time in a long time that we present a long movie, it is also a film adaptation to one of the main works of our literature and our contemporary writers.

2. The UNECE:

   The adaptation to climate change of transport infrastructure has received very little attention so far and this is precisely what we want to change with this study.

3. Thomas Huxley:

   It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodelling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions but it depends on the nature of those conditions whether the directions of the modifications effected shall be upward or downward.

4. Kamiar Mohaddes:

   Without mitigation and adaptation policies, many countries are likely to experience sustained temperature increases relative to historical norms and suffer major income losses as a result.

5. Walter Kaelin:

   It has to be there - because only then will human mobility be integrated into climate change adaptation plans, only then will access to funding that is necessary for some countries be enshrined in the (agreement).