adoption

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Pronunciation

/əˈdɒpʃən/(uh-DOP-shun)

Part of speech

nounneutral

Chinese

采用；推广；收养（开始使用或接受新事物，或正式接纳为自己的）

Definition

The action or fact of adopting or being adopted; the process of beginning to use or accept something new.

Word family

  • adopt/əˈdɒpt/(v)采用；采纳；收养
  • adopted/əˈdɒptɪd/(adj)被采用的；被收养的

Collocations

  • widespread adoption
  • early adoption
  • adoption rate
  • facilitate adoption
  • drive adoption
  • adoption of technology

Examples

  1. 1.The adoption of cloud-based systems has accelerated significantly since the shift to remote working.
  2. 2.Early adoption of the technology gave the company a significant competitive advantage in the first two years of the market.

Synonyms

  • uptake/ˈʌpteɪk/— the action of taking up something offered
  • implementation/ɪmˌplɪmenˈteɪʃən/— putting something into practice
  • acceptance/əkˈseptəns/— the process of receiving

Etymology

from Latin "adoptio," from "adoptare" (to choose for oneself)