adaptation

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Synonyms: captation, adaptative, readaptation, adaption, coadaptation, coaptation, adaptations, exaptation, inadaptation, adaptating

Antonyms: captation, adaptative, readaptation, adaption, coadaptation, coaptation, adaptations, exaptation, inadaptation, adaptating

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|process}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[process]] of [[adapt]]ing something or becoming [[adapted]] to a situation; [[adjustment]], [[modification]].
2. {{senseid|en|change}} {{lb|en|countable}} A [[change]] that is made or [[undergo]]ne to [[suit]] a condition or environment.
3. {{lb|en|uncountable|linguistics}} The process of [[replace|replacing]] a given [[morpheme]] of a [[source]] [[lexeme]] with an [[equivalent]] morpheme of the [[target]] lexeme, especially where the two morphemes are [[cognate]]s.
4. {{lb|en|uncountable|evolutionary theory}} The process of change that an [[organism]] undergoes to be better suited to its [[environment]].
5. {{senseid|en|evolution}} {{lb|en|countable|evolutionary theory}} An [[instance]] of an organism undergoing change, or the [[structure]] or [[behavior]] that is changed.
6. {{senseid|en|art}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} The process of [[adapt]]ing an [[artistic]] [[work]] from a different [[medium]].
7. {{senseid|en|authorship}} {{lb|en|countable|authorship}} An [[artistic]] [[work]] that has been [[adapt]]ed from a different [[medium]].
8. {{senseid|en|sociology}} {{lb|en|sociology}} The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.

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