adoption

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

acceptance

espousal

choice

selection

approval

acceptation

borrowing

passage

adopt

following

taking

digestion

acculturation

embracing

enactment

fostering

intake

learning

mastering

naturalisation

naturalization

passing

profession

reception

sanction

support

use

loan word

education

choosing for one self

relation of an adopted son

absorption

standardista

accepting

adopted child

adopting

affiliation

approbation

appropriating

approving

assimilation

assumption

carrying

choosing

countenance

Translations

adoption

adopción

adozione

Adoption

adoção

adoptie

adopção

adopció

υιοθεσία

aanneming

υιοθέτηση

Übernahme

αποδοχή

Annahme

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈdɑp.ʃən/

Etymology

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