[{"word":"adoptions","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of adopting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption."},{"definition":"Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries"},{"definition":"The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the adoption of opinions"},{"definition":"Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week."},{"definition":"An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adoption","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adoptions"]}]