English-Swedish translations for adoption

• adoption en
  Internationell adoption är bara ett alternativ.International adoption is just one option.
  Vår inställning till adoption har förändrats i högsta grad.Our attitudes to adoption have changed utterly.
  Angående: Internationell adoption av rumänska barnSubject: International adoption of Romanian children
• anammande
  Den avser inte kandidatländernas anammande av gemenskapens regelverk.It does not deal with the adoption of the acquis by the candidate countries.
  När det gäller dessa myndigheter föreslås även en utbildning liksom ett samrådsprogram som bygger på utbyte av kunnande och ett anammande av medlemsstaternas bästa metoder.We plan to set up training schemes for these authorities and a cooperation plan involving the exchange of know-how and adoption of best national practice.

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