adopt

a·dopt  (-dpt)

tr.v. a·dopt·ed, a·dopt·ing, a·dopts

1. To take into one's family through legal means and raise as one's own child.

2.

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.

3. To take on or assume: adopted an air of importance.

4. To vote to accept: adopt a resolution.

5. 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 adoptre : ad-, ad- + optre, to choose.]

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a·dopta·bili·ty n.

a·dopta·ble adj.

a·dopter n.

a·doption n.

Usage Note: Children are adopted by parents, and one normally refers to an adopted child but to adoptive parents, families, and homes. When describing places, one can use either adopted or adoptive: She enjoys living in her adopted country. Detroit is their adoptive city.

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adopt

Verb

1. Law to take someone else's child as one's own

2. to choose (a plan or method)

3. to choose (a country or name) to be one's own [Latin adoptare]

adoptee n
adoption n

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, follow 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" 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 own borrow, take up, take over accept, 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 over 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" take on, acquire, assume, take 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 in 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" dramatise, dramatize 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" 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, espouse fasten 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"

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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

verb 2. take in, raise, nurse, mother, rear, foster, bring up, take care of << OPPOSITE abandon

Translations

adopt [əˈdɔpt] vt → adoptar

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adopt [əˈdɔpt] vt → adopter

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adopt [əˈdɔpt] vt → adoptieren;

(Pol) (candidate) → aufstellen;

(policy, attitude, accent) → annehmen

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adopt [əˈdɔpt] vt → adottare