Adaptation and Keeping

Adaptation

Adaptation noun - The act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation.

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Keeping and adaptation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keeping" instead a noun "Adaptation".

Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.

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Adaptation and keeping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adaptation" instead a noun "Keeping".

Nearby Words: keep, keeper

good	good adaptation	good keeping
full	full adaptation	full keeping
better	better adaptation	better keeping
short	short adaptation	short keeping
Other adjectives: perfect, true, single, new, early, major, last, modern.

The first-ever comic book adaptation of Star Trek (by Gold Key Comics) features a planet where the plants eat animals, to the point of keeping them in enclosures similar to cattle pens.

Source: Man-Eating Plant
Adaptation Expansion: There aren't many examples, as the anime has been keeping quite faithful to the source material.

Source: Manga / The World God Only Knows
Badass Mustache: In keeping with the pseudo-Soviet style of the adaptation, Patrick Stewart's Macbeth sports one that would make Stalin proud.

Source: Theatre / Macbeth

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