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adopt verb

  /əˈdɑpt/ , /əˈdɒpt/
  • 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.
 adottare

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.
  • The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
 adozione
  • (computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
 adozione, conversione, migrazione

adoptive adjective

  /əˈdɒptɪv/
  • Related through adoption.
 adottivo

adoptable adjective

  • Able to be adopted.
 adottabile

adopter noun

  /əˈdɑp.tɚ/ , /əˈdɒp.tə/
  • one who adopts
 adottatore
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