- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
- 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: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
- (adopt) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
- (adopt) take up and practice as one's own
- (adopt) assume: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
- Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another who is not kin and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents. ...
- Adoption (Örökbefogadás) is a 1975 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros. It tells the story of a Kata, an unmarried female factory worker, who becomes interested in neglected children and tries to adopt one. ...
- Adoption deals with the transfer (conversion) between an old system to a target system in an organization. So if a company works with an old software system, it may want to use a new system which is more efficient, has more work capacity etc. ...
- Adoption, in Christian theology, is the term that describes the admission of a believer into the family of God. In the evangelical ordo salutis ("order of salvation"), adoption is usually regarded as a step immediately subsequent to justification. ...
- Adopted is a 2009 American independent film starring comedian Pauly Shore. It is a movie that pokes fun at the current trend of celebrity adoptions. The film marks Shore's third turn as a writer, director, and producer.
- 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; Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another; The choosing and making ...
- (adopt) To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; especially to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child; To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt ...
- (adopt) To accept a motion and put it into effect.
- (ADOPT) Accupril Decision on Pharmacotherapy [trial]
- (ADOPT) to use an unavailable name as the valid name of a taxon in a way which establishes it as a new name with its own authorship and date
- (Adopt) means to "accept as your own": It was difficult to adopt only one puppy from the animal shelter.
- (adopt (in politics)) slate (nominate or select) as a candidate for office
- (adopt) To take as one's own, especially an idea, principle, or a religion and henceforth live with it and by it. See: conversion to Hinduism.
- (adopt) To take on the legal relationship of parent to another person's child.
- (adopted) EU: Austria · Belgium · Cyprus · Finland · France · Germany · Greece · Ireland · Italy · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Portugal · Slovenia · Spain – Non-EU: Monaco · San Marino · Vatican
- (Adopted) son, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (his great-nephew by blood), who later became Emperor Augustus.
- (Adopting) When a person gets a pet from a recognized animal shelter, such as an SPCA, contracts are signed, often this word is used by stores who are in fact selling animals, adoption is a non-profit act.
- Adoptive arms are those held by a person not by right of descent or in virtue of himself, but merely by the gift or consent of another.
- The agreement by vote of an amendment, motion, resolution, or memorial.