adopt
(verb)
verb
1. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
Similar word(s): espouse, follow
Definition categories: possession, choose, select, take
2. take up and practice as one's own
Similar word(s): borrow
Definition categories: possession, accept, have, take
3. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
Similar word(s): assume
Definition categories: social
4. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- he adopted an air of superiority
Similar word(s): acquire, assume, take
Definition categories: change
5. take into one's family
- They adopted two children from Nicaragua
Definition categories: change, take
6. put into dramatic form
- adopt a book for a screenplay
Similar word(s): dramatise, dramatize
Definition categories: creation, compose, indite, pen, write
7. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
- They adopted the Jewish faith
Similar word(s): embrace, espouse
Definition categories: cognition, accept
Sentences with adopt as a verb:
- A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
- We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.
- This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays.
- to adopt the view or policy of another
- These resolutions were adopted.