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adoption

The correct spelling is adoption.

How to pronounce adoption

noun

IPA: /əˈdɒp.ʃən/

Say it like: Ado-psh-on

The correct spelling is adoption. The act of adopting. For example: "A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption."

Usage Examples

A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.

the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries

the adoption of opinions

Definition

noun

  1. 1.The act of adopting.
  2. 2.The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
  3. 3.Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
  4. 4.The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
  5. 5.Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.

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