adopt
/əˈdɑpt/verb2 syllables
Adopt means: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.
Synonyms for adopt16
verb, as in choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
verb, as in take up and practice as one's own
verb, as in take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
verb, as in take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
verb, as in put into dramatic form
verb, as in take into one's family
What does adopt mean?7
verb
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans“She followed the feminist movement”
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect“His voice took on a sad tone”
take up and practice as one's own
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities“When will the new President assume office?”
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own“She embraced Catholicism”
put into dramatic form“adopt a book for a screenplay”
take into one's family“They adopted two children from Nicaragua”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with adopt?12
Adopt in a sentence
- If you can't have children, you could always adopt.Eldad
- Since they had no children of their own, they decided to adopt a girl.patgfisher
- If you really want to have a child, you should adopt.mailohilohi
- After the terrible loss of their unborn child, they decided to adopt one.Nuel
- In tomorrow's meeting, we're planning to adopt a new marketing strategy.Album9505
- My wife can't have children, so we decided to adopt a child.Nuel
- To adopt a sentence, click on the white person icon.CK
- Whenever he adopts a new business strategy, his employees fear for their jobs.papabear
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Forms of adopt
as a verb
- past tense
- adopted
- present participle
- adopting
- third-person singular
- adopts
- past participle
- adopted