Definition of adoptions

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • adoptions is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
  • adoptions is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
  • adoptions is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of adoptions


  • the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. borrowing
  • the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception (noun)

    Examples

    1. its adoption by society

    Synonyms

    1. acceptance
    2. acceptation
    3. espousal
  • a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit) (noun)

See definition of adoptions in Merriam Webster