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UK
/ɐdˈɒpʃən/
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[ US /əˈdɑpʃən/ ]
[ US /əˈdɑpʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent - 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)
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the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
its adoption by society
the proposal found wide acceptance
How To Use adoption In A Sentence
- Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea. Edison, His Life and Inventions
- The "fruitily perfumed pineapple weed" that came to Britain from Oregon in the late 19th century and then began to spread throughout the countryside, Mr. Mabey says, "exactly tracked the adoption of the treaded motor tyre, to which its ribbed seeds clung" as if the treads were the soles of climbing boots. Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling
- The primary reason for the adoption of this life-style is the attitude to the economic rewards of work.
- She contends that U.S. officials overreacted, rather than dealing pragmatically with adoption procedures in a country where poverty and a long-running insurgency fueled widespread child abandonment, impaired record-keeping, and hampered official investigative capabilities. Despite Hurdles, Families Pursue Nepal Adoptions
- In other cases, generating a demand requires the emplacement of an infrastructure of maintenance for the successful adoption of innovations.
- This was referred to as ‘adoption’ and was distinct from binding them to labor for a master under indenture.
- The reference here to distrust of the judiciary once again accentuates Dicey's adoption of the ancient conception of the rule of law.
- The refutation of this new form of Adoptionism, as it rests altogether on the interpretation of the hypostatical union, will be found in the treatment of that word. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
- Save Our Secret Ballot amendments prevent adoption of card-check laws by other states—but the NLRB's lawsuits could sweep those protections aside as well.
- The supercomputing crowd tends to set the pace for technology adoption across the server market.
