Meaning & use

Adaptions

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Versions of a work, such as a film or play, created by adjusting it from another medium or form; a variant spelling of "adaptations."

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The studio has released several film adaptions of the classic novel.

Biologists study the physical adaptions that allow desert animals to survive extreme heat.

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Adaption is a recognized but less common variant of adaptation; most style guides recommend the fuller form 'adaptations' in formal writing.

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