English Explanatory Dictionary

adoption

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of adopting.
  2. The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.
  3. An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
  4. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
  5. The act of accepting and putting into effect or practice (a method, proposal, technique, etc.)
  6. The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
  7. An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
  8. Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.

Pronunciation

/əˈdɑp.ʃən/ /əˈdɒp.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adoption.wav

Word forms

adoption adoptions

Etymology

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

Derived words

adoptional adoptionism adoptionist adoption name antiadoption closed adoption coadoption nonadoption open adoption postadoption preadoption proadoption readoption unadoption

Translations

Bulgarian: усвояване Catalan: adopció Finnish: adoptio Greek: υιοθέτηση Indonesian: adopsi Malay: pengambilan Malay: penerimaan Portuguese: adoção Scottish Gaelic: uchd-mhacachd Spanish: adopción Swedish: anammande Turkish: benimseme
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