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View usage for: (ədɒpt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense adopts, present participle adopting, past tense, past participle adopted1. verbIf you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it. Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops. [VERB noun] Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment. [VERB noun] [Also V n as n ]Synonyms: take on, follow, support, choose More Synonyms of adopt adoption (ədɒpʃən) uncountable noun ...the adoption of Japanese management practices by British manufacturing. [+ of] Synonyms: embracing, choice, taking on, taking up More Synonyms of adopt 2. verbIf you adopt someone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter. There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child. [VERB noun] The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate. [VERB-ed] [Also VERB]Synonyms: take in, raise, nurse, parent More Synonyms of adopt adopterWord forms: plural adopters countable noun A social worker is appointed to interview the prospective adopters. adoptionWord forms: plural adoptions variable noun They gave their babies up for adoption. The majority of adoptions are successful. Synonyms: fostering, adopting, taking in, fosterage More Synonyms of adopt 3. verbIf you adopt a physical position, you move yourself into it. [formal] I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs. [VERB noun] 4. verbIf you adopt a country, you choose it as a place to live. Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a newprofession. [VERB noun] ...their adopted home in England. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: select, choose, pick, nominate More Synonyms of adopt 5. verbIf you adopt an accent or a particular tone of voice, you speak differently from normal, especially to create an effect in a particular situation. Adult actors in American productions were expected to adopt English accents. [VERB noun] The girl was uncertain what to do, or what tone of voice to adopt. [VERB noun] (əˈdɒpt) verb (transitive)1. 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. to accept (a report, etc) Derived forms adoptee (ˌadopˈtee) noun adoption (aˈdoption) noun Word origin C16: from Latin adoptāre to choose for oneself, from optāre to choose adopt in American English (əˈdɑpt) verb transitive1. to choose and bring into a certain relationship; specif., to take into one's ownfamily by legal process and raise as one's own child 2. to take up and use (an idea, a practice, etc.) as one's own 3. to choose and follow (a course) 4. to vote to accept (a committee report, motion, etc.) 5. to select as a required textbook Derived forms adoptable (aˈdoptable) adjective adoption (aˈdoption) noun Word origin L adoptare < ad-, to + optare, to choose Examples of 'adopt' in a sentenceadopt British English: adopt / əˈdɒpt/ VERB If you adopt someone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your own. There are hundreds of people who want to adopt a child. - American English: adopt
- Arabic: يَتَبَنَّى يُقر
- Brazilian Portuguese: adotar
- Chinese: 收养
- Croatian: posvojiti
- Czech: adoptovat
- Danish: adoptere
- Dutch: adopteren
- European Spanish: adoptar
- Finnish: adoptoida
- French: adopter
- German: adoptieren
- Greek: υιοθετώ
- Italian: adottare
- Japanese: 養子にする
- Korean: 입양하다
- Norwegian: adoptere
- Polish: zaadoptować
- European Portuguese: adotar
- Romanian: a adopta
- Russian: усыновлять
- Latin American Spanish: adoptar
- Swedish: adoptera
- Thai: รับเอามา
- Turkish: evlat edinmek
- Ukrainian: усиновлювати
- Vietnamese: nhận làm con nuôi
All related terms of 'adopt'Chinese translation of 'adopt' vt - [plan, approach, attitude]
采(採)用 (cǎiyòng) - [child]
收养(養) (shōuyǎng)
Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach. Synonyms take on choose maintain select take over take up engage in become involved in Definition to take someone else's child as one's own There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child. Synonyms take in raise nurse parent bring up take care of Opposites give up , abandon , cast off , disown , cast aside Definition to choose (a plan or method) He had adopted a new country and a new profession. Synonyms opt for decide on single out settle on cherry-pick Opposites reject, renounce , spurn , repudiate , disavow , disclaim , forswear , wash your hands of , abnegate Additional synonymsDefinition to take on the responsibilities of Everyone told me I should accept the job. Synonyms take on, try, begin, attempt, bear, assume, tackle, acknowledge, undertake, embark on, set about, commence, avow, enter upon Definition to take for one's own use without permission Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea. Synonyms seize, take, claim, assume, take over, acquire, confiscate, annex, usurp, impound, pre-empt, commandeer, take possession of, expropriate (formal), arrogateDefinition to authorize or agree to MPs approved the bill by a majority of 97. Synonyms agree to, second, allow, pass, accept, confirm, recommend, permit, sanction, advocate, bless, endorse, uphold, mandate, authorize, ratify, go along with, subscribe to, consent to, buy into (informal), validate, countenance, rubber stamp, accede to, give the go-ahead to (informal), give the green light to, assent to, concur in, greenlight, O.K. or okay (informal) |