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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of adapting |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, adoption, alteration, conversion, modification, refitting, remodeling, reworking, shift, transformation, variation |
| Main Entry: | accommodation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adjustment for different situation, circumstances |
| Synonyms: | adaptation, compliance, composition, compromise, conformity, fifty-fifty deal, fitting, modification, reconciliation, settlement |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discount; concession |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, admission, advantage, cut, deduction, rebate, reduction, sanction, sufferance, toleration |
| Main Entry: | alteration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, correction, difference, diversification, exchange, fixing, flip-flop, metamorphosis, mid-course correction, modification, mutation, reformation, remodeling, reshaping, revision, shift, switch, switch-over, transformation, transmutation, turn, variance, variation |
| Main Entry: | fitness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriateness |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, accordance, adaptation, adequacy, admissibility, agreeableness, applicability, appositeness, aptitude, aptness, assimilation, auspiciousness, compatibility, competence, concurrency, congeniality, congruousness, consistency, consonance, convenience, correspondence, decency, decorum, eligibility, expediency, harmony, keeping, order, patness, pertinence, preparedness, propriety, qualification, readiness, relevancy, rightness, seasonableness, seemliness, suitability, timeliness |
| Antonyms: | inappropriateness, unsuitability |
| Main Entry: | natural selection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evolutionary theory |
| Synonyms: | Darwinian theory, Darwinism, adaptation, artificial selection, biological evolution, evolution, evolutionism, law of the jungle, natural law, phylogeny, social Darwinism, social evolution, survival of the fittest, theory of evolution |
| Main Entry: | orientation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction, adjustment |
| Synonyms: | acclimatization, adaptation, assimilation, bearings, breaking in, coordination, direction, familiarization, fix*, lay of the land, location, position, sense of direction, settling in |
| Antonyms: | disorientation, mix-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | translation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rewording; interpretation |
| Synonyms: | adaptation, construction, crib*, decoding, elucidation, explanation, gloss, key, metaphrase, paraphrase, reading, rendering, rendition, rephrasing, restatement, simplification, transcription, transliteration, version |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | variation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference; alternative |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abnormality, adaptation, alteration, bend, break, change, contradistinction, contrast, curve, deflection, departure, departure from the norm, deviation, digression, discrepancy, disparity, displacement, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, diversification, diversity, exception, fluctuation, inequality, innovation, modification, mutation, novelty, shift, swerve, turn, unconformity, variety |
| Antonyms: | agreement, root, similarity, source |
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