adoption (redirected from adoptions)

a·dopt  (-dpt)

tr.v. a·dopt·ed, a·dopt·ing, a·dopts

1. To take into one's family through legal means and raise as one's own child.

2.

a. To take and follow (a course of action, for example) by choice or assent: adopt a new technique.

b. To take up and make one's own: adopt a new idea.

3. To take on or assume: adopted an air of importance.

4. To vote to accept: adopt a resolution.

5. To choose as standard or required in a course: adopt a new line of English textbooks.

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[Middle English adopten, from Old French adopter, from Latin adoptre : ad-, ad- + optre, to choose.]

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a·dopta·bili·ty n.

a·dopta·ble adj.

a·dopter n.

a·doption n.

Usage Note: Children are adopted by parents, and one normally refers to an adopted child but to adoptive parents, families, and homes. When describing places, one can use either adopted or adoptive: She enjoys living in her adopted country. Detroit is their adoptive city.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adoption - the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" acceptance, acceptation, espousal embrace, bosom - a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family" approval, approving, blessing - the formal act of approving; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person"
	2.	adoption - 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) legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	3.	adoption - the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent" borrowing appropriation - a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest" naturalisation, naturalization - changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words" misappropriation - wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory" crossover - the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience; "a jazz-classical crossover album"

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adoption

noun 1. fostering, adopting, taking in, fosterage

noun 2. embracing, choice, taking on, taking up, support, taking over, selection, approval, following, assumption, maintenance, acceptance, endorsement, appropriation, ratification, approbation, espousal

Translations

adoption [əˈdɔpʃən] n → adopción f

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adoption [əˈdɔpʃən] adopt n → adoption f

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adoption [əˈdɔpʃən] adopt n (see vb) → Adoption f; Aufstellung f; Annahme f

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adoption [əˈdɔpʃən] n → adozione f