adoption

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French adoption, from Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare (“to adopt”). Equivalent to adopt +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdɑp.ʃən/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈdɒp.ʃən/ Hyphenation: adop‧tion === Noun === adoption (countable and uncountable, plural adoptions) The act of adopting. The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child. An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance. The act of accepting and putting into effect or practice (a method, proposal, technique, etc.) (computing) The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God. (chess, slang) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “adoption”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Finnish == === Noun === adoption genitive singular of adoptio === Anagrams === adoptoin == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin adoptiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.dɔp.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === adoption f (plural adoptions) adoption ==== Related terms ==== adopter === Further reading === “adoption”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Swedish == === Noun === adoption c adoption ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== adoptera adoptiv === References === adoption in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)