{
    "term": "adoption",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of adopting a child; the fact of being adopted",
            "sensetop": "adoption into something",
            "labels": "(especially US English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She put the baby up for adoption."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The number of adoptions has fallen markedly since the 1970s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "his adoption into an American family",
                    "contextForm": "adoption into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were so happy when the adoption went through successfully."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When will the child be available for adoption?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages", "Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + adoption": [
                    "offer somebody for",
                    "place somebody for",
                    "put somebody up for"
                ],
                "adoption + verb": ["go through"],
                "adoption + noun": ["agency"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the decision to start using something such as an idea, a plan or a name",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The widespread adoption of new information technology could save $162 billion a year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The committee recommended the adoption of new safety procedures."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["general", "widespread", "formal"],
                "verb + adoption": ["recommend", "urge"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of choosing somebody as a candidate for an election",
            "labels": "(British English, politics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "his adoption as the Labour candidate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party announced the formal adoption of George Smith as their election candidate."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdɒpʃn/",
                "audio": "ad/adoption/adoption__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdɑːpʃn/",
                "audio": "ad/adoption/adoption__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Latin adoptio(n-), from ad- ‘to’ + optio(n-) ‘choosing’, from the stem of optare ‘choose’."
}