adoption
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noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The act of adopting.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.
A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
Another Chinese boy was put up for adoption.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
the adoption of opinions
the adoption of words from another language
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)(computing) The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)(theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
- 7.
(countable, slang, uncountable)(chess, slang) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
Infuriated by his adoption yesterday, the chess master has resolved to study twice as long and twice as hard.
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French adoption, from Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare (to adopt). Equivalent to adopt + -ion.