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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

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。

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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Sense（3）

Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.

the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries

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Sense（4）

The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance

the adoption of opinions

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Sense（5）

(computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.

Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week.

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Sense（6）

Sense（7）

(informal, humorous, chess) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.

adoptions

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