adoptionnoun
uk/əˈdɒp.ʃən/us/əˈdɑːp.ʃən/adoption noun (TAKING CHILD)
B2 [ C or U ] the act of legally taking a child to be taken care of as your own:
She was homeless and had to put her child up for adoption (= ask for the child to be taken by someone else as their own).
The last ten years have seen a dramatic fall in the number of adoptions.
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Parenting & caring for children
- adopt
- adopted
- adoptive
- attachment parenting
- au pair
- child-rearing
- childless
- childminder
- counsellor
- custodial
- custody
- nursemaid
- nursery nurse
- nurture
- one-parent family
- open adoption
- pediatrician
- upbringing
- visitation
- wean
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adoption noun (STARTING TO USE)
[ U ] accepting or starting to use something new:
Several suggestions have been offered for adoption by the panel.
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Using and misusing
- adopt
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be (of) (any/some) use idiom
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- max sth out
- mine
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- use sth up
- wear
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adoption noun (CHOOSING)
[ U ] choosing or taking something as your own:
England was Conrad's country of adoption.
The adoption of a woman candidate was seen as controversial.
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Taking and choosing
- accord
- adopt
- adopted
- appoint
- bags I... idiom
- be between the devil and the deep blue sea idiom
- dip
- either-or
- elect
- empanel
- go off with sth
- have/keep your options open idiom
- impanel
- selection
- selective
- selector
- self-selected
- single sb/sth out
- skim sb/sth off
- slate
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