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Adoption
//əˈdɑp.ʃən// noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 The act of adopting. countable, uncountable
"The project also included seeking the adoption of homosexuals as prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International, which would mean simply adding 'sexual orientation' to Article 1A of the Amnesty International mandate."
- 2 the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source wordnet
- 3 The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child. countable, uncountable
"A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption."
- 4 the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception wordnet
- 5 An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum. countable, uncountable
"the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries"
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- 6 a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit) wordnet
- 7 The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance. countable, uncountable
"the adoption of opinions"
- 8 The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.; The act of accepting and putting into effect or practice (a method, proposal, technique, etc.) countable, uncountable
"Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week."
- 9 The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system. countable, uncountable
- 10 An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God. countable, uncountable
- 11 Ten consecutive wins against an opponent. countable, slang, uncountable
"Infuriated by his adoption yesterday, the chess master has resolved to study twice as long and twice as hard."
Etymology
Borrowed from French adoption, from Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare (“to adopt”). Equivalent to adopt + -ion.
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