adoption

About 13.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of adopting.
2. noun The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.

   A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.

3. noun An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.

   the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries

4. noun The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.

   the adoption of opinions

5. noun The act of accepting and putting into effect or practice (a method, proposal, technique, etc.)

   Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week.

6. noun The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
7. noun An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
8. noun Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.

   Infuriated by his adoption yesterday, the chess master has resolved to study twice as long and twice as hard.

Similar words

acceptance borrowing adopter adoptive adoptee adopt espousal domestication blessing naturalization

Often followed by

of and by in is or as was process

Word family

adoptions