adaptation

«adaptation» in Mova's school dictionary: a feature of a living thing (body part or behaviour) that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (adaptation, adaptations)

meaning for a pupil

1) In science, an adaptation is a feature of a living thing (body part or behaviour) that helps it survive in its habitat, like a camel's hump or a polar bear's thick fur. tree →

2) An adaptation is a changed version of something, such as a film made from a book. tree →

3) Adaptation is the process of changing to fit a new situation. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, adaptations are a key idea: animals and plants are suited to their habitats — cacti store water in deserts, ducks have webbed feet, owls have big eyes for night, arctic foxes turn white in winter. Adaptations develop over many generations (evolution), not during one animal's life. In English, a film or play adaptation of a book can be compared with the original. Phrases: adaptation to, a film adaptation, a stage adaptation.

examples

• A camel's long eyelashes are an adaptation to sandy winds. tree →
• Webbed feet are an adaptation for swimming. tree →
• Cacti have spines instead of leaves, an adaptation that saves water. tree →
• Hibernation is a behavioural adaptation. tree →
• We watched a film adaptation of «Charlotte's Web». tree →
• The play was an adaptation of a fairy tale. tree →
• Moving to a new country took some adaptation. tree →
• The Russian word idol is identical with our own adaptation of +eidolou+. tree →

note

Countable: adaptations. From the verb «adapt» (to change to fit). Science myth: a single animal does not grow an adaptation because it wants or needs it — adaptations happen slowly over many generations. Do not confuse «adapt» with «adopt» (take as your own).

In the corpora

• Many films are adaptations of books, comics or games, and people argue whether the book or the film is better.
• An adaptation is a feature that helps a living thing survive in its habitat.
• Adaptations develop over many generations, not in one animal's life.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «adaptation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.