adoption: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with A · ends with N
Meaning of adoption
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of adopting.
- countable, uncountable
The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.
Example: A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
- countable, uncountable
An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
Example: the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries
- countable, uncountable
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
Example: the adoption of opinions
Listed forms: adoptions.
Source: Wiktionary — adoption.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
noun
the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is adoption in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of adoption
A(1) + D(2) + O(1) + P(3) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of adoption
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from adoption
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