English-Dutch translations for adoption

• adoptie
  Internationale adoptie is slechts een van de mogelijkheden. International adoption is just one option.
  Onze houding ten aanzien van adoptie is sterk veranderd. Our attitudes to adoption have changed utterly.
  Betreft: Internationale adoptie van Roemeense kinderen Subject: International adoption of Romanian children
• aanneming
  Aanneming van de ene munt door Griekenland Adoption of single currency by Greece
  Na de aanneming van amendement 40: After the adoption of Amendment No 40:
  We streven naar aanneming van de strategie in mei. We are aiming for adoption in early May.

Definition of adoption

• The act of adopting. versus other senses below--
• Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum
• The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
• Transfer between an old system to another system
• An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God

Examples

• A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
• the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries
• the adoption of opinions
• the adoption of words from another language
• Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week

Related words

• adoptionism
• adoptionist
• adoption leave
• same-sex adoption