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adoption noun

  /əˈdɑp.ʃən/ , /əˈdɒp.ʃən/
  • The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
  • Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
Adoption

adopt verb

  /əˈdɑpt/ , /əˈdɒpt/
  • To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
adoptieren
  • To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
annehmen, übernehmen

adoptive adjective

  /əˈdɒptɪv/
  • Related through adoption.
adoptiv

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Adoption noun {f}

Adoption, Adoptionen   /adɔpˈt͡si̯oːn/
  • rechtliche Annahme eines nicht leiblichen Kindes als eigenes Kind
adoption, affiliation
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