adoption

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. the act of accepting with approval;
favorable reception (Freq. 2)
- its adoption by society
- the proposal found wide acceptance
• Syn:
acceptance, acceptation, espousal
• Derivationally related forms:
espouse (for: espousal), accept (for: acceptation), acceptant (for: acceptance), accept (for: acceptance), adopt
• Hypernyms:
blessing, approval, approving
• Hyponyms:
embrace, bosom
2. 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)
• Derivationally related forms:
adopt
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
3. the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
- the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent
• Syn:
borrowing
• Derivationally related forms:
adopt
• Hypernyms:
appropriation
• Hyponyms:
naturalization, naturalisation, misappropriation, crossover

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  borrowing, acceptance, acceptation, espousal