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adopt
take another’s child as one’s own: I will adopt my late sister’s boy.; to accept: adopt a proposal
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a·dopt
(ə-dŏpt′)tr.v. a·dopt·ed, a·dopt·ing, a·dopts
1. To take on the legal responsibilities as parent of (a child that is not one's biological child).
2. To become the owner or caretaker of (a pet, especially one from a shelter).
3.
a. To take and follow (a course of action, for example) by choice or assent: adopt a new technique.
b. To take up and make one's own: adopt a new idea.
4. To move to or resettle in (a place).
5. To take on or assume: adopted an air of importance.
6. To vote to accept: adopt a resolution.
7. To choose as standard or required in a course: adopt a new line of English textbooks.
[Middle English adopten, from Old French adopter, from Latin adoptāre : ad-, ad- + optāre, to choose.]
a·dopt′a·bil′i·ty n.
a·dopt′a·ble adj.
a·dopt′er n.
a·dop′tion n.
Usage Note: Children are adopted by parents, and we normally refer to an adopted child but to adoptive parents, families, and homes. When describing places, one can use either adopted or adoptive: her adopted city; her adoptive city.
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adopt
(əˈdɒpt)vb (tr)
1. (Law) law to bring (a person) into a specific relationship, esp to take (another's child) as one's own child
2. to choose and follow (a plan, technique, etc)
3. to take over (an idea, etc) as if it were one's own
4. to take on; assume: to adopt a title.
5. (Commerce) to accept (a report, etc)
[C16: from Latin adoptāre to choose for oneself, from optāre to choose]
ˌadopˈtee n
aˈdopter n
aˈdoption n
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a•dopt
(əˈdɒpt)v.t.
1. to take and use as one's own: to adopt a nickname.
2. to take and rear (the child of others) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act.
3. to take or receive into any kind of new relationship.
4. to take on or act in accordance with (an attitude, policy, course, etc.).
5. to vote to accept.
6. to select as a basic or required textbook in a course.
a•dopt′a•ble, adj.
a•dopt`a•bil′i•ty, n.
a•dopt′er, n.
a•dop′tion, n.
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adopt
Past participle: adopted
Gerund: adopting
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| Verb | 1. |  adopt - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
| 2. | adopt - take up and practice as one's own | |
| 3. |  adopt - take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"resume - assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties" take office - assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?" | |
| 4. |  adopt - take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" re-assume - take on again, as after a time lapse; "He re-assumed his old behavior" | |
| 5. |  adopt - take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" | |
| 6. |  adopt - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" | |
| 7. | adopt - take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
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adopt
verb
1. take on, follow, support, choose, accept, maintain, assume, select, take over, approve, appropriate, take up, embrace, engage in, endorse, ratify, become involved in, espouse Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach.
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adopt
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَتَبَنَّى وَلَدَاًيَتَبَنَّىيَتَّخِذ، يَتَبَنَّى
adoptovatosvojitpřijmout
adoptere
adoptoidaomaksua
posvojiti
örökbe fogad
ættleiîataka upp
養子にする
입양하다
įsisavintiįvaikinęsįvaikinimasįvaikintasįvaikinti
adoptētpārņemtpieņemt
adoptovať
posvojitisprejeti
adoptera
รับเอามา
benimsemekevlat edinmekevlât edinmek
nhận làm con nuôi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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adopt
vt
child → adoptieren, an Kindes statt annehmen (form); child in a different country, family, city → die Patenschaft übernehmen für; the orphan was adopted into the family → das Waisenkind wurde in die Familie aufgenommen; your cat has adopted me (inf) → deine Katze hat sich mir angeschlossen
idea, suggestion, attitude, method → übernehmen; mannerisms → annehmen; career → einschlagen, sich (dat) → wählen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
adopt
[əˈdɒpt] vt (child, method) → adottare; (report, suggestion) → approvare (Pol) (candidate) → scegliereCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
adopt
(əˈdopt) verb1. to take (a child of other parents) as one's own. Since they had no children of their own they decided to adopt a little girl.
2. to take (something) as one's own. After going to France he adopted the French way of life.
aˈdoption (-ʃən) nounaˈdoptive (-tiv) adjective
his adoptive father.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
adopt
→ يَتَبَنَّى adoptovat adoptere adoptieren υιοθετώ adoptar adoptoida adopter posvojiti adottare 養子にする 입양하다 adopteren adoptere zaadoptować adotar усыновлять adoptera รับเอามา evlat edinmek nhận làm con nuôi 收养Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
adopt
vt. adoptar, prohijar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
adopt
vt adoptarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.