adoption

Significado (Inglés)

  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 he or she were one's own child.
  3. (countable, uncountable) An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
  7. (countable, uncountable) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
  8. (countable, slang, uncountable) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.

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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/əˈdɑp.ʃən/
Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from French adoption, from Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare (“to adopt”). Equivalent to adopt + -ion.

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