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The act of adopting. / The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.

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adoption

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Source Word

adoption

IPA(Pronunciation)

/əˈdɑp.ʃən/

Noun

countable uncountable humorous informal

Japanese Meaning

養子縁組 / （子供を）実子のように迎え入れること

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The company's adoption of the new software improved productivity immediately.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その会社が新しいソフトウェアを採用したことにより、すぐに生産性が向上した。

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Sense（1）

The act of adopting.

Sense（2）

“The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]”

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