adopt
verb
/əˈdɑpt/
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/əˈdɒpt/
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- To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
- To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
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adopter
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adoption
noun
/əˈdɑp.ʃən/
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/əˈdɒp.ʃən/
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- 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.
- The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
- (computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
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adoption
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adoptive
adjective
/əˈdɒptɪv/
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- Related through adoption.
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adoptif
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