Definition of adopt | What does adopt mean?
What are the verbs of the word ADOPT?
Here is a list of definitions for adopt.
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
- take up and practice as one's own
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
- 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 into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
- 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"
What are the synonyms of the word ADOPT?
What is another word for ADOPT?. Here is a list of synonyms for ADOPT
Words beginning with ADOPT?
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In which dictionaries does the word adopt exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes