different between adoption vs agitation

English

Etymology

French adoption, Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare (“to adopt”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d?p.??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d?p.??n/
• Hyphenation: adop?tion

Noun

adoption (countable and uncountable, plural adoptions)

1. The act of adopting. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.

   A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.

3. Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.

4. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance

5. (computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.

6. (theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
7. (informal, humorous, chess) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.

Derived terms

• adoptionism, adoptionist

Translations

References

adoption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Finnish

Noun

adoption

1. Genitive singular form of adoptio.

Anagrams

• adoptoin

French

Etymology

From Latin adopti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d?p.sj??/

Noun

adoption f (plural adoptions)

1. adoption

Related terms

• adopter

Further reading

• “adoption” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

adoption c

1. adoption

Declension

Related terms

• adoptera
• adoptiv

References

• adoption in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

English

Etymology

From French agitation, from Latin agit?ti? (“movement, agitation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ad????te??(?)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æ.d????te?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

agitation (countable and uncountable, plural agitations)

1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

2. A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.

   Synonym: perturbation

3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     […] religious agitations […]

4. (archaic) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
   • 1732, Jonathan Swift, The Advantages Proposed by Repealing the Sacramental Test

     […] the project now in agitation […]

Synonyms

• emotion, commotion, excitement, trepidation, tremor, perturbation

Translations

References

• agitation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Danish

Noun

agitation c (singular definite agitationen, plural indefinite agitationer)

1. agitation

Declension

Further reading

• “agitation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitatio. Surface analysis: agiter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?i.ta.sj??/

Noun

agitation f (plural agitations)

1. choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch etc.)
2. restlessness
3. bustle (of street, room etc.); activity
4. (nervous) agitation
5. (social) unrest

Descendants

• ? Romanian: agita?ie

Further reading

• “agitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).