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- Dictionaryadopt/əˈdɒpt/
verb
- 1. legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own: "there are many people eager to adopt a baby"
- 2. choose to take up, follow, or use: "this approach has been adopted by many big banks" Similar Opposite
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to legally take another person's child into your own family and take care of him or her as your own child: They've adopted a baby girl. She had the child adopted (= she gave her baby to someone else to take care of). They have no children of their own, but they're hoping to adopt. Compare. foster verb (TAKE CARE OF) [ T ]
The meaning of ADOPT is to take (someone or something) by choice into a relationship. How to use adopt in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Adopt.
to take or receive into any kind of new relationship: to adopt a person as a protégé. to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course. to vote to accept: The House adopted the report. to accept or act in accordance with (a plan, principle, etc.).
to legally take another person's child into your own family and take care of him or her as your own child: They've adopted a baby girl. She had the child adopted (= she gave her baby to someone else to take care of). They have no children of their own, but they're hoping to adopt. Compare. foster verb (TAKE CARE OF) [ T ]
to choose and bring into a certain relationship; specif., to take into one's own family 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.
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.
verb. OPAL W. /əˈdɒpt/ /əˈdɑːpt/ Verb Forms. child. [intransitive, transitive] to take somebody else’s child into your family and become its legal parent (s) a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt. adopt somebody to adopt a child. She was forced to have her baby adopted. She adopted three children from the orphanage. compare foster.
The word adopt has many different shades of meaning, but most relate to the notion of taking something on and treating it as if it’s your own. You’re probably familiar with what happens if you adopt a child: you take on parental responsibilities and accept the child as if it’s your own.
ADOPT definition: 1. to legally become the parents of someone else's child 2. to accept or start using something new: . Learn more.
adopt. verb. /əˈdɑpt/ Verb Forms. child. [intransitive, transitive] to take someone else's child into your family and become its legal parent (s) a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt adopt somebody to adopt a child Topic Collocations compare foster. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
