adaptation

Other forms of adaptation

plural

adaptations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about adaptation

What does adaptation mean?

adaptation means "a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in adaptation?

adaptation has 4 syllables: ad-ap-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌædəpˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for adaptation?

Close synonyms include version, adaption, adjustment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adaptation a common word?

adaptation is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with adaptation?

89 words rhyme with adaptation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.