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Adoption

/əˈdɒpʃən/
Adoption is when someone legally becomes the parent of a child who was not born to them.

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The adoption of the puppy made us so happy.Technology adoption is changing how we work and live.

Etymology:

etymology
From the Latin word adoptio, from adoptare, meaning to choose for oneself, to take (ad- + optare, to choose).

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