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UK
/ɐdˈɒpt/
]
[ US /əˈdɑpt/ ]
[ US /əˈdɑpt/ ]
VERB
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choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
The candidate espouses Republican ideals
She followed the feminist movement -
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
he adopted an air of superiority
His voice took on a sad tone
She assumed strange manners
The story took a new turn
The gods assume human or animal form in these fables - take up and practice as one's own
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put into dramatic form
adopt a book for a screenplay -
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
She embraced Catholicism
They adopted the Jewish faith -
take into one's family
They adopted two children from Nicaragua -
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
When will the new President assume office?
How To Use adopt In A Sentence
- Buyers are a good deal more cautious, and sellers have to adopt a less bullish approach. Times, Sunday Times
- Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea. Edison, His Life and Inventions
- Still, for the medium term, either the government needs to scutinize refinery activity much more closely, adopt new regulatory authority and aggressively enforce antitrust laws, or it must intervene to deconcentrate the market. Robert Weissman: What To Do About the Price of Oil
- This also suggests that this deity was first adopted by the tradition of the monastery of Sa-gya, [26] a hypothesis further confirmed by the reference in the founding myth to his being taken over by the holder of the Sa-gya throne So-nam-rin-chen (bsod nams rin chen). The Shugden Affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part I)
- On the taxes proposed she said, "Those concerned by our wish list's ` nanny state 'implications might helpfully redirect their focus to the many unseen measures intentionally adopted by the food industry to shape our behaviour … It seems that without our knowledge or consent we are subject to the pervasive' nannying 'activities of industry. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- The potential adopters of siblings are simply not there. Times, Sunday Times
- The "fruitily perfumed pineapple weed" that came to Britain from Oregon in the late 19th century and then began to spread throughout the countryside, Mr. Mabey says, "exactly tracked the adoption of the treaded motor tyre, to which its ribbed seeds clung" as if the treads were the soles of climbing boots. Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling
- The primary reason for the adoption of this life-style is the attitude to the economic rewards of work.
- Named Tecumseh after the Shawnee leader, he was rechristened William in a Catholic ceremony at age 9, after he was informally adopted by a prominent Ohio politician when his father died.
- Words regarding the necessity to change the souls of human beings to effect real change in the world should not be interpreted to mean that black religious leaders were adopting a quietistic approach to civil rights.