▪ a movie, television drama, or stage play that has been adapted from a written work, typically a novel: "filming her adaptation of a beloved children's book"
▪ a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment:"living in groups is an adaptation that increases the efficiency of hunting"
Word Originearly 17th century: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare (see adapt).
