adoption
21adoption — (a do psion ; en poésie, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1° Action d adopter. Entrer dans une famille par adoption. Donner son fils en adoption. Père par adoption. • Fils de César par adoption, BOSSUET Hist. I, 9. • .... Un sceptre que jadis vos… …
22adoption — A traditional form of adoption in China is called lisi, literally ‘establishing an heir’, which usually involves the naming of a child, most likely a boy, as the descendant of couples who do not have biological children or sons of their own. This …
23Adoption — Ad|op|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 Aneignung ● Adoption eines Kindes Annahme an Kindes statt [<lat. adoptio] * * * Ad|op|ti|on, die; , en [lat. adoptio]: das ↑ Adoptieren (1), Adoptiertwerden. * * * I Adop …
24adoption — noun 1 of child VERB + ADOPTION ▪ offer sb for, place sb for, put sb up for ▪ She has decided to put the child up for adoption. ▪ be available for ▪ When will the child be available for ad …
25adoption — adopt a‧dopt [əˈdɒpt ǁ əˈdɑːpt] noun [transitive] 1. if you adopt a new method, process etc, you start to use it: • All US companies are required to adopt the new standards. 2. MARKETING to start using a product, especially a new product, usually …
26ADOPTION — n. f. Action d’adopter. Tibère n’était fils d’Auguste que par adoption. Déterminer les formes et les effets de l’adoption. L’adoption confère le nom de l’adoptant à l’adopté. Par extension, il signifie l’Action d’admettre, de recevoir comme sien …
27adoption — Legal process pursuant to state statute in which a child s legal rights and duties toward his natural parents are terminated and similar rights and duties toward his adoptive parents are substituted. To take into one s family the child of another …
28adoption — Legal process pursuant to state statute in which a child s legal rights and duties toward his natural parents are terminated and similar rights and duties toward his adoptive parents are substituted. To take into one s family the child of another …
29adoption */ — UK [əˈdɒpʃ(ə)n] / US [əˈdɑpʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms adoption : singular adoption plural adoptions 1) [countable/uncountable] the process of making a child legally part of your family, or an instance of this For many childless couples, adoption is… …
30adoption — n. to put up for adoption (to put a child up for adoption) * * * [ə dɒpʃ(ə)n] to put up for adoption (to put a child up for adoption) …
