adoption.

1. The act of choosing and beginning to use a method, policy, or idea.

2. The legal process of making a child a member of a family, or an instance of it.

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Words that belong together

• policy adoption
• technology adoption

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Technology adoption accelerated after the training program.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.