adaptation

adaptation is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.
2. noun. The result of adapting; an adapted form.
3. noun. (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
4. noun. a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

   "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"

   Synonyms: version

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

   Synonyms: adaption, adjustment

Synonyms

version, adaption, adjustment

Common word forms

adaptations, adaptational

Words from these letters

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