adoption
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: Borrowed from French adoption, from Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare (“to adopt”). Equivalent to adopt + -ion.
Base: adopt
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: adoptions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of adopting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The project also included seeking the adoption of homosexuals as prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International, which would mean simply adding 'sexual orientation' to Article 1A of the Amnesty International mandate.
gloss: The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
Another Chinese boy was put up for adoption.
“The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas.[…]”
gloss: An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries
gloss: The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the adoption of opinions
the adoption of words from another language
gloss: The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week.
gloss: The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: Infuriated by his adoption yesterday, the chess master has resolved to study twice as long and twice as hard.
Can Rensch break the string of adoptions and finally find vindication by thwarting Nepomniachtchi with the pressure on?
10-0 would have meant "adoption," but that didn't happen as Fedoseev held the 10th game to a draw. After another loss and another draw, he finally managed to score his first win in game 13.
Despite modestly highlighting her "adoption" today, the chess that Sachdev played was not reflected on the scoreboard and rather, was an example of Rosen's superior time management overall.
Derived words: adoptional
adoptionism
adoptionist
adoption name
antiadoption
closed adoption
coadoption
nonadoption
open adoption
postadoption
preadoption
proadoption
readoption
unadoption
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: усвояване
roman: usvojavane
lang: Catalan
word: adopció
lang: Finnish
word: adoptio
lang: Greek
word: υιοθέτηση
roman: yiothétisi
lang: Indonesian
word: adopsi
lang: Malay
word: pengambilan
lang: Malay
word: penerimaan
lang: Portuguese
word: adoção
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: uchd-mhacachd
lang: Spanish
word: adopción
lang: Swedish
word: anammande
lang: Turkish
word: benimseme