adoption

  • 111adoption — noun Date: 14th century the act of adopting ; the state of being adopted …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 112adoption — Synonyms and related words: Americanization, acceptance, acculturation, admission, affiliation, appropriation, arrogation, assimilation, assumption, borrowed plumes, circumcision, citizenship by naturalization, citizenship papers, colonization,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 113Adoption —     Définition de Adoption     Le mot adoption qui nous vient du droit romain, désigne une institution par laquelle une personne, mineure ou majeure dite l adoptée , entre dans la famille d une autre personne, dite l adoptant , (ou les adoptants… …

    Lexique de Termes Juridiques

  • 114Adoption — Tilegnelse, knæsættelse …

    Danske encyklopædi

  • 115adoption — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Selection] Syn. choosing, appropriation, choice; see selection 1 . 2. [Acceptance] Syn. confirmation, enactment, approval; see permission . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A ready taking up of something: embracement, espousal …

    English dictionary for students

  • 116Adoption — I. Wirtschaftswissenschaften:Annahme einer ⇡ Innovation durch verschiedene Individuen, z.B. die Annahme eines neuen Produkts durch einen Käufer. Dabei werden fünf ⇡ Adoptorkategorien unterschieden. II. Bürgerliches Recht:Bezeichnung für die ⇡… …

    Lexikon der Economics

  • 117Adoption — Adop|ti|on die; , en <aus gleichbed. lat. adoptio>: 1. das Adoptieren. 2. Annahme, Genehmigung …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 118adoption — a dop·tion || pʃn n. taking of a child as one s own; act of adopting; state of being adopted; (Legal) court proceeding according to which an adult becomes the legal parent of a child who is not his/her biological child; acceptation, act of… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 119adoption — n. 1. Appropriation. 2. Approval, acceptance, avowal, espousal, support, maintenance. 3. Affiliation, adopting, fathering …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 120adoption — noun 1 (C, U) the act or process of adopting a child 2 (U) the act of deciding to use a particular plan, method, way of speaking etc 3 (U) BrE the choice of a particular person to represent a political party in an election …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English