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ADOPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
Example:
the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("adoption" is a kind of...):
appropriation (a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adoption"):
naturalisation; naturalization (changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology)
misappropriation (wrongful borrowing)
crossover (the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience)
Derivation:
adopt (take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own)
adopt (take up and practice as one's own)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
Example:
the proposal found wide acceptance
Synonyms:
acceptance; acceptation; adoption; espousal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("adoption" is a kind of...):
approval; approving; blessing (the formal act of approving)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adoption"):
bosom; embrace (a close affectionate and protective acceptance)
Derivation:
adopt (choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("adoption" is a kind of...):
legal proceeding; proceeding; proceedings ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
adopt (take into one's family)
Context examples:
He had only himself to please in his choice: his fortune was his own; for as to Frank, it was more than being tacitly brought up as his uncle's heir, it had become so avowed an adoption as to have him assume the name of Churchill on coming of age.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Apart from the possibility of a smartphone which could be fully charged in minutes, the challenges associated with making a better battery are holding back the widespread adoption of two major clean technologies: electric cars and grid-scale storage for solar power.
(New class of materials could be used to make batteries that charge faster, University of Cambridge)
Birth parents have a number of reasons for placing children for adoption.
(Adoption, NIH)
As for me, I daily wished more to please him; but to do so, I felt daily more and more that I must disown half my nature, stifle half my faculties, wrest my tastes from their original bent, force myself to the adoption of pursuits for which I had no natural vocation.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
If you want to work with a surrogate, settle your agreement on March 11 or 20, or if you want to adopt, send your application to the adoption agency on one of these dates, as they are so fortunate for your personal life.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
There are different kinds of adoption.
(Adoption, NIH)
If you hope for a baby, this month could bring news of a pregnancy or birth, as the illuminated area of the chart will help you see exciting success in these matters, and that includes adoption.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Adoption brings a child born to other parents into a new family.
(Adoption, NIH)
