| Definition of 'adoption' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal
the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
"its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
2. (noun) adoption
a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
3. (noun) borrowing, adoption
the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
"the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
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| Definition of 'adoption' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) adoption
the act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child
2. (noun) adoption
admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another
3. (noun) adoption
the choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions
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| Definition of 'adoption' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. adoption
Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation.
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Sense: to take (something) as one's own
After going to France he adopted the French way of life.
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 Afrikaans: aanneming |
 Arabic: تَبَنِّ، إتِّخَاذ |
 Bulgarian: осиновяване |
 Brazilian: adoção |
 Czech: adopce, přijetí |
 German: die Adoption |
 Danish: adoption; tillægning |
 Greek: υιοθεσία |
 Spanish: adopción |
 Estonian: lapsendus, omaksvõtmine |
 Farsi: انتخاب؛ اتخاذ |
 Finnish: adoptio |
 French: adoption |
 Hebrew: אִמוּץ @@@אִימוּץ$$$ |
 Hindi: गोद लेना |
 Croatian: usvajanje |
 Hungarian: örökbefogadás, adoptálás; |
 Indonesian: adopsi |
 Icelandic: ættleiðing |
 Italian: adozione |
 Japanese: 採用 |
 Korean: 채택 |
 Lithuanian: įvaikinimas, priėmimas |
 Latvian: adoptēšana; pārņemšana |
 Malay: adaptasi |
 Dutch: adoptie |
 Norwegian: adopsjon |
 Polish: adopcja |
 Persian: انتخاب؛ اتخاذ |
 Pashto: انتخاب ، نیول |
 Portuguese: adopção |
 Romanian: adopţie |
 Russian: усыновление; принятие |
 Slovak: osvojenie |
 Slovenian: posvojitev |
 Serbian: usvojenje |
 Swedish: adoption, antagande |
 Thai: การรับเลี้ยงบุตรบุญธรรม |
 Turkish: evlât edinme |
 Taiwanese: 收養，採納 |
 Ukrainian: усиновлення; засвоєння |
 Urdu: اخذ و قبول ، اختیار |
 Vietnamese: sự nhận làm con nuôi |
 Chinese: 采纳 |
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