How do you use the word "adaptation" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "adaptation": This film is an adaptation of a novel. It's only a matter of adaptation.

Adaptation Meaning

/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.

nounA change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.

Sentence Examples

This film is an adaptation of a novel.

It's only a matter of adaptation.

The adaptation of buildings for military purposes

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

version adjustment

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The chameleon's color change is a remarkable ____ to its environment for camouflage.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The movie is a faithful ____ of the original classic novel.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Medieval Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Medieval Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Medieval Latin -ō Medieval Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Medieval Latin -tus ▲ Medieval Latin -ō Medieval Latin -tō Medieval Latin aptō Medieval Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Medieval Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō (“to fit, adjust, modify; to adapt, fit or adjust to”); see adapt. Equivalent to adapt + -ation.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"To sum up, the Furka-Oberalp Railway is a good example of the adaptation of the rack-and-pinion system to a main line over mountainous terrain." — 1950 November, H. P. White, “The Furka-Oberalp Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 770:

"Lifestyle adaptation arises because people inevitably encounter a gap between the style of life they desire and the actual resources they control." — 2015, Jon M. Hawes, Proceedings of the 1989 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference, Springer, →ISBN, page 70:

"It's staggering because these adaptations to your schedule can dramatically change your life forever." — 1999, Jim Meisenheimer, How to Double Your Sales Without Quadrupling Your Effort, Helbern, →ISBN, page 41:

"ACCLIMATIZATION, the process of adaptation by which animals and plants are gradually rendered capable of surviving and flourishing in countries remote from their original habitats, or under meteorological conditions different from those which they have usually to endure, and at first injurious to them." — 1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:

"This is the very method adopted, in the structure of the eye, to produce a perfect picture on the retina; it is an adaptation to the laws of light, and the property of color, in natural objects." — 1844, Robert Sears, The Guide to Knowledge, Or Repertory of Facts: Forming a Complete Library of Entertaining Information, in the Several Departments of Science, Lterature, and Art, Embellished by Several Hundred Engravings, page 465:

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