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- pronunciation:
dap
shn
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or fact of becoming the legal parent of another person's child, or the act or condition of being thus adopted as another's child.
The couple prepared their home for the baby and anxiously waited for the adoption to become final.My adoption was kept secret from me until I was eighteen. |
| definition 2: |
the act or condition of choosing, accepting, taking on, or agreeing to a law, principle, recommendation, or the like.
We support the adoption of these policies. |
| related words: |
advocacy, assumption, embrace, passage |
adjective + (n.)adoption
available,
closed,
contested,
domestic,
eligible,
encouraging,
formal,
foster,
gay,
informal,
international,
interracial,
legal,
nonprofit,
open,
private,
rapid,
sealed,
voluntary,
wholesale,
widespread
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verb + (n.)adoption
accelerate,
adopt,
advocate,
approve,
arrange,
await,
ban,
consent,
contest,
delay,
encourage,
facilitate,
favor,
foster,
place,
prohibit,
promote,
recommend,
relinquish,
restrict,
specialize,
speed,
spur,
urge
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(n.)adoption
+ verb
finalize, proceed, seal
noun + (n.)adoption
abortion,
acceptance,
baby,
barrier,
birth,
child,
diffusion,
embryo,
infant,
intercountry,
jurisdiction,
modification,
notice,
openness,
orphan,
orphanage,
pet,
placement,
pregnancy,
shelter,
textbook,
twin
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The word adoption
contains the following parts:
ad-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
Originally a Latin preposition and prefix, ad-
occurs in English in Latin loanwords. It has multiple forms, as the final 'd' sound in ad-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms: ac-, af-, ag-1, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, and at-.
Example words:
adapt, add, addict, addiction, adduce, adequate, adhere, adherent, adit, adjacent, adjective, adjunct, adjure, adjust, administer, administrative, administrator, admissible, admission, admit, admonition, adopt, adoption, advent, adverb, adversary, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advocate, inadvertent
opt2
Latin
root
that means choose
Example words:
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
ablation, abrasion, accession, action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, compassionate, conclusion, condition, confusion, congestion, construction, direction, diction, dictionary, exclusion, expedition, fusion, illusion, immersion, incision, interaction, inquisition, mission, nation, omission, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, rendition, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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