adaption

adap·tion

noun \ə-ˈdap-shən, a-\

Definition of ADAPTION

: adaptation

Examples of ADAPTION

1. <the store's slow adaption to shoppers' changing tastes spelled its doom>

First Known Use of ADAPTION

1704

Related to ADAPTION

Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatization, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, conformation

Related Words: readaptation, readjustment; attunement, correction, harmonization; alteration, conversion, makeover, modification, refit, revision, transformation

Near Antonyms: maladaptation

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Other Biology Terms

autochthonous, fecund, homunculus, phylogeny, substrate

Rhymes with ADAPTION

contraption