readaptation
- noun
- /ˌriːædæpˈteɪʃən/
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readaptación
- After moving to a new city, Jake faced many challenges during his readaptation to local life.
Examples
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Phasing helps this adjustment process and avoids some of the pitfalls that accompany marital partners' readaptation to each other when either or both retire.
Academic text (2005) -
An assimilatory schema becomes anticipatory in relation to the comparisons that lie in the future when it has undergone a sufficient degree of remoulding and readaptation in the light of hindsight...
Academic text (1995) -
The team's readaptation to the work-from-home policy was smoother than expected.
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Her readaptation to the school environment took time after a year of studying online.
Synonyms
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3.3
Getting used to a new situation or condition
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3.7
Becoming suited to new conditions like a new job or climate
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5.3
To change actions or ideas to fit new conditions
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4.2
A change people or groups make to fit new situations
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6.5
Becoming used to a new climate, place or situation as your body and actions change
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6.1
A change to plans or strategy to make them work better
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A short period when someone gets used to a change
A process of changing to fit new conditions
Antonyms
How Adapted
- Specialized
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7.0
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Readaptation comes from re- ('again') and adaptation (from adapt, 'to change to fit'). A helpful image is someone returning home after time abroad who slowly fits in again — that process of adjusting is a readaptation.