adoption
(Anglès)
- (countable, uncountable) The act of adopting.
- (countable, uncountable) The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
- (countable, uncountable) An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
- (countable, uncountable) The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
- (countable, uncountable) The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
- (countable, uncountable) The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
- (countable, uncountable) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
- (countable, slang, uncountable) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/əˈdɑp.ʃən/
Etimologia (Anglès)
Borrowed from French adoption, from Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare (“to adopt”). Equivalent to adopt + -ion.
Related words
choosing for one self
relation of an adopted son
adopted child
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