Synonyms for adoption
adop·tion

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1. adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousalnoun

   the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

   "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"

   Synonyms:
   word sense, acceptance, credence, word meaning, bridal, sufferance, banker's acceptance, betrothal, espousal, borrowing, acceptation, toleration

2. adoptionnoun

   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)

   Synonyms:
   espousal, borrowing, acceptance, acceptation

3. borrowing, adoptionnoun

   the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

   "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

   Synonyms:
   espousal, borrowing, acceptance, acceptation

Matched Categories

1. • Approval
   • Law
   • Proceeding

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1. adoptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   appropriation

2. adoptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   approval, espousal, support, maintenance

3. adoptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   affiliation, adopting, fathering

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1. adoptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   affiliation, fathering, espousal

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1. List of paraphrases for "adoption":

   approval, adopt, passage, adopted, enactment, adoptions, adopting, endorsement, through, introduction, passing, taking, passed, approve, promulgation, 'adoption, take-up, approving, acceptance

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How to use adoption in a sentence?

1. Sanjay Mistry:

   The adoption will be slow, but this is building the technology for the future.

2. Trump Jr.:

   It was quite difficult for me to understand what she was saying or why. Given our busy schedules, we politely asked if she could be more specific and provide more clarity about her objective for the meeting. At that point, Ms. Veselnitskaya pivoted and began talking about the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens and something called the Magnitsky Act.

3. Jordan McKee:

   I would say it’s been a fairly negligible adoption rate so far, there hasn’t been a tremendous amount of interest given the cost of upgrading terminals to accept NFC payments.

4. Eric Rosengren:

   Despite the passage of time and adoption of better policies, one could argue that the Japanese banking system is now, once again, being threatened by adverse economic conditions, a shrinking population, aging demographics, and very low interest rates provide very little room for Japanese banks to operate profitably. This of course provides an incentive to reach for yield, potentially implying additional risk-taking.

5. Howard Frumkin:

   Greater awareness should lead to greater adoption of environmentally sound practices.