Synonym: acceptance, acceptation, borrowing, espousal. Similar words: option, adopt, AND operation, reception, exception, perception, conception, corruption. Meaning: [-pʃn] 
n. 1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception 2. a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit) 3. the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source.
n. 1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception 2. a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit) 3. the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source. 
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91) Adoption of this view requires a small modification to the sketch of the patterns of linguistic construction given in Chapter 1.
92) Within the Ministry, there had been some pressure for the explicit adoption of replacement cost depreciation conventions.
93) This was principally directed toward the gradual adoption of more realistic depreciation provisions.
94) Businesses are worried lest pushing things too fast leads to the adoption of quotas for women and minorities.
95) That's why I want to give it up for adoption.
96) Both of these stem from the original adoption of the pointed arch.
97) The adoption of a sequential approach to assessing the development potential of sites and the redevelopment potential of existing buildings.
98) Thousands of children were murdered, put in orphanages, given away or sold for adoption abroad.
99) They hoped that the adoption of a child would inject new life into their marriage.
100) And this lamb needs ewe ... the adoption agency that's proud of its woolly ways.
101) It has never wavered and has consistently fought ever since for the adoption of this method.
102) The adoption of an economy based on farming did not effect a clean break.
103) The primary reason for the adoption of this life-style is the attitude to the economic rewards of work.
104) The planning process includes a series of public meetings this fall, with the revised plan scheduled for adoption next spring.
105) The 1992 plank commends those who provide alternatives to abortion, such as adoption services.
106) The adoption contract might contain a proviso that if a natural son was born he would take precedence as the legal heir.
107) The Houston couple chose an international adoption, because it was faster and less complicated.
108) She was recently reunited with the son she gave up for adoption.
109) However, despite early adoption there have been considerable doubts as to the effectiveness of such rational approaches.
110) Social responsibility is thus not merely a matter of the adoption of changed standards on a voluntary basis.
111) Member states will have two years after adoption in which to implement the Directive.
112) The political element would be secured through the adoption of proportional representation.
113) Most adoption agencies offer support for three months after the adoption, but this is unlikely to be sufficient.
114) We are working for resolution of outstanding points of technical detail with a view to early adoption by the Council of Ministers.
115) This has contributed to the widespread adoption and acceptance of Swahili.
116) More importantly, the adoption of these practices made the individual worker feel insignificant. Therein lies the problem. Sentencedict.com
117) Secondly, innovation, which involves the adoption of unconventional methods of chasing the goals, such as through crime.
118) This does not condemn interactive multimedia to death, but it does suggest a slower-than-expected scenario for widespread adoption.
119) The adoption of iron instead of wood for floor beams helped to achieve this aim.
120) Even so, two years later not all of them were satisfied with open adoption.
More similar words: option, adopt, AND operation, reception, exception, perception, conception, corruption, assumption, description, consumption, prescription, optimistic, bumptious, notion, action, nation, motion, portion, mention, section, edition, auction, question, fiction, reduction, function, zonation, donation, reaction.