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Adaptation Pronunciation
Adaptation is pronounced a-duhp-TAY-shuhn, IPA /ˌædəpˈteɪʃən/.
a-duhp-TAY-shuhn
US /ˌædəpˈteɪʃən/ · UK /ədəpˈteɪʃən/
Syllables: a · duhp · TAY · shuhn (4 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun: A change that makes something fit a new purpose or situation, including a book turned into a film.
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Adaptation in a Sentence
- The stage adaptation runs for two hours.
- Thick fur is an adaptation to the cold.
- Adaptation to the new system took a few weeks.
Common Mispronunciations of Adaptation
Not uh-DAP-tay-shuhn
Let TAY carry the word. Adapt stresses its second syllable, but the longer noun hands the weight to the syllable before -tion.
Not a-duhp-TA-shuhn
Stretch the stressed vowel into a full ay, the one in table.
Tip: Adaption, with one syllable fewer, exists but is far rarer. Four syllables is the safe form.
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