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Meaning of 'adoption' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Adoption [ n.]
- 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.
- Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.
- The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.

Meaning of 'adoption' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . adoption [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
Example in sentence:
  • its adoption by society;
  • the proposal found wide acceptance
Meaning (2):
- the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
Example in sentence:
  • the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent

Nearby Words:

ado adobe adolescence adolescency adolescent adonean adonic adonis adonist adonize

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