(n) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception, Syn. espousal, acceptance, acceptation, Example:its adoption by society; the proposal found wide acceptance

adoption

(n) 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)

borrowing

(n) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source, Syn. adoption, Example:the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Adoption

n. [ L. adoptio, allied to adoptare to adopt: cf. F. adoption. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adoptionist

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

收养

[收养 / 收養, shōu yǎng] adopt; adoption #12696

领养

[领养 / 領養, lǐng yǎng] adoption; to adopt a child #16550

承继

[承继 / 承繼, chéng jì] adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son); to inherit #44388

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

採用

[さいよう, saiyou] (n, vs) (1) use; adoption; acceptance; (2) appointment; employment; engagement; (P) #975

適用

[てきよう, tekiyou] (n, vs) applying (e.g. a technology); adoption; (P) #1935

取り上げ;取上げ

[とりあげ, toriage] (n) (1) adoption; acceptance; confiscation; (2) midwifery; midwife #3585

採択

[さいたく, saitaku] (n, vs) adoption; selection; choice; (P) #8038

可決

[かけつ, kaketsu] (n, vs) approval; adoption (e.g. motion, bill); passage; (P) #9040

摂取

[せっしゅ, sesshu] (n, vs) (1) intake; absorption; adoption; (2) assimilation; (P) #9381

アドプション

[adopushon] (n) adoption

採否

[さいひ, saihi] (n) adoption or rejection

取捨

[しゅしゃ, shusha] (n, vs) choice; option; rejection or adoption; (P)

襲用

[しゅうよう, shuuyou] (n, vs) adoption; following

初度適用

[しょどてきよう, shodotekiyou] (n) first-time adoption; initial application (e.g. of a new technology)

日本的経営

[にほんてきけいえい, nihontekikeiei] (n) Japanese-style business management; adoption of Japanese business practices (such as lifelong employment, seniority-based promotions, etc.)

普通養子縁組

[ふつうようしえんぐみ, futsuuyoushiengumi] (n) regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

末期養子

[まつごようし, matsugoyoushi] (n) deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed

用捨

[ようしゃ, yousha] (n) adoption or rejection; choice; separating the needed from the unneeded

養子に出す

[ようしにだす, youshinidasu] (exp, v5s) to put up for adoption

養子縁組;養子縁組み

[ようしえんぐみ, youshiengumi] (n) adoption (of an heir)

養子論

[ようしろん, youshiron] (n) adoptionism

離縁

[りえん, rien] (n, vs) divorce; dissolution of adoption