adoption

Plural: adoptions

Noun

• The action or process of adopting something.
• the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
  • "its adoption by society"
• 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)
• the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
• The act of adopting.
• The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
• An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
• The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
• 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.)
• The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
• An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
• Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.

Examples

• A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
• Another Chinese boy was put up for adoption.
• Infuriated by his adoption yesterday, the chess master has resolved to study twice as long and twice as hard.
• Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week.
• the adoption of opinions
• the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries
• the adoption of words from another language
• The adoption of ’ZA’ and ’QI’ into the word list changed Scrabble forever.

Synonyms

acceptance, acceptation, borrowing, espousal

Related Words

ADOPTIVE