adoption
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- noun
- /əˈdɑpʃən/
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adopción
- The widespread adoption of reading assessment programs like Accelerated Reader is one example.
- adoption of children
- open adoption
- adoption agencies
And then I had to give her up for adoption, which is very hard.
- And then I had to give her up for adoption, which is very hard.
- When, when do those conversations starts in your family about adoption and how do they go?
- OK, so I don't know, but I think the IT was about the the child adoption situation.
- And I have a relative who is out there who was given up for adoption.
- But to me, it's kind of like birthing a baby and then giving it up for adoption.
- Well, I was born into a rather say rich family and I was I was put up for adoption.
- And the law that passed did not permit adoption or the recognition of a homo parental family.
Examples
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Well, no, what happened was, I'd signed the adoption papers in the hospital.
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She gave him up for adoption to me and my wife.
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And then I had to give her up for adoption, which is very hard.
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Parents that place their children for adoption do so because they love that child more than themselves.
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You told me what she put you through during the adoption.
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Are you putting him up for adoption?
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Apparently, at the time of adoption she agreed to be contacted.
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Well, I'm surprised, she gave me up for adoption when I was one.
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A while after you left Madison, I had a little girl, and I gave her up for adoption.
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After much consideration, they decided to proceed with the adoption of a child from the local agency.
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Etymology
Adoption comes from an old Latin word adoptare, which means 'to take as one's own' and uses ad- 'to' with optare 'choose', the same root as option. So a legal adoption is literally choosing someone and making them part of your family.