adoption

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /əˈdɑp.ʃən/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /əˈdɒp.ʃən/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: adop‧tion

Noun

Singular adoption

Plural adoptions

1. An act of adopting a child by different parents so that the child becomes one of their own.

   The dog was available for adoption, so I decided to take it.