ADOPTION
\ɐdˈɒpʃən], \ɐdˈɒpʃən], \ɐ_d_ˈɒ_p_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ADOPTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
By Princeton University
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the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.
By Noah Webster.
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A court procedure by which an adult becomes the legal parent of someone who is not his or her biological child. Adoption creates a parent-child relationship recognized for all legal purposes -- including child support obligations, inheritance rights and custody.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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