adopt

adopt

take another’s child as one’s own: I will adopt my late sister’s boy.; to accept: adopt a proposal
Not to be confused with:adapt – fit, adjust, alter, or modify: She will adapt the costume to fit.adept – thoroughly proficient; an expert: He is adept at landscaping difficult lots.

a·dopt

A0095700 (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.

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[Middle English adopten, from Old French adopter, from Latin adoptāre : ad-, ad- + optāre, to choose.]

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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.

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 child2. to choose and follow (a plan, technique, etc)3. to take over (an idea, etc) as if it were one's own4. 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

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. [1490–1500; (< Middle French adopter) < Latin adoptāre=ad- ad- + optāre to opt] a•dopt′a•ble, adj. a•dopt`a•bil′i•ty, n. a•dopt′er, n. a•dop′tion, n.

adopt

Past participle: adopted
Gerund: adopting

Imperative
adopt
adopt

Present
I adopt
you adopt
he/she/it adopts
we adopt
you adopt
they adopt

Preterite
I adopted
you adopted
he/she/it adopted
we adopted
you adopted
they adopted

Present Continuous
I am adopting
you are adopting
he/she/it is adopting
we are adopting
you are adopting
they are adopting

Present Perfect
I have adopted
you have adopted
he/she/it has adopted
we have adopted
you have adopted
they have adopted

Past Continuous
I was adopting
you were adopting
he/she/it was adopting
we were adopting
you were adopting
they were adopting

Past Perfect
I had adopted
you had adopted
he/she/it had adopted
we had adopted
you had adopted
they had adopted

Future
I will adopt
you will adopt
he/she/it will adopt
we will adopt
you will adopt
they will adopt

Future Perfect
I will have adopted
you will have adopted
he/she/it will have adopted
we will have adopted
you will have adopted
they will have adopted

Future Continuous
I will be adopting
you will be adopting
he/she/it will be adopting
we will be adopting
you will be adopting
they will be adopting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been adopting
you have been adopting
he/she/it has been adopting
we have been adopting
you have been adopting
they have been adopting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been adopting
you will have been adopting
he/she/it will have been adopting
we will have been adopting
you will have been adopting
they will have been adopting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been adopting
you had been adopting
he/she/it had been adopting
we had been adopting
you had been adopting
they had been adopting

Conditional
I would adopt
you would adopt
he/she/it would adopt
we would adopt
you would adopt
they would adopt

Past Conditional
I would have adopted
you would have adopted
he/she/it would have adopted
we would have adopted
you would have adopted
they would have adopted

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	adopt - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"espouse, followchoose, 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"abide by, comply, follow - act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"adhere, stick - be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
	2.	adopt - take up and practice as one's ownborrow, take up, take overaccept, take, have - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
	3.	adopt - take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"assume, take on, take overresume - 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"take on, acquire, assume, takechange - 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 intake - 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"dramatise, dramatizeauthorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
	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"sweep up, embrace, espousefasten on, hook on, seize on, take up, latch on - adopt; "take up new ideas"accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

adopt

verb1. 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.2. take in, raise, nurse, mother, rear, foster, bring up, take care of There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child.
take in give up, abandon, cast off, disown, cast aside3. select, choose, pick, nominate, opt for, decide on, single out, settle on, cherry-pick He had adopted a new country and a new profession.
select reject, renounce, spurn, repudiate, disavow, disclaim, forswear, wash your hands of, abnegate

adopt

verb1. To take, as another's idea, and make one's own:embrace, espouse, take on, take up.2. To accept officially:affirm, approve, confirm, pass, ratify, sanction.

Translations

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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. 收養 收养2. to take (something) as one's own. After going to France he adopted the French way of life. 採納 采纳aˈdoption (-ʃən) noun 收養，採納 采纳aˈdoptive (-tiv) adjectivehis adoptive father. 收養的 收养的

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