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adoption

/əˈdɑp.ʃən/

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What does adoption mean?

noun

  1. The act of adopting.
  2. The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.
  3. An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
More meanings (5)

noun

  1. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
  2. The act of accepting and putting into effect or practice (a method, proposal, technique, etc.)
  3. The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
  4. An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
  5. (slang) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.

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IPA pronunciation

/əˈdɑp.ʃən/

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They have one troublesome and tenacious parent left who won't sign a surrender, so I can't place them out for adoption.
Jean WebsterDear EnemyProject Gutenberg ebook #238
Long Lance was a Blackfoot only by adoption, but his imagination incorporated him into tribal life more powerfully than blood could have.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
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He realized, however, that the enormous investment for copper would militate against the commercial adoption of electric lighting on an extended scale.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
But there is a remedy, a way to root out snobbery and prejudice which but needs adoption to have the desired effect.
Henry Ossian FlipperHenry Ossian Flipper, the Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A., First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military AcademyProject Gutenberg ebook #2448
Division of the product, reciprocity of service, or guarantee of perpetual labor,--from the adoption of one of these courses the capitalist cannot escape.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360