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Meaning of adopt
1 definition found
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adopt
v 1: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies,
strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement";
"The candidate espouses Republican ideals" [syn: {adopt},
{follow}, {espouse}]
2: take up and practice as one's own [syn: {adopt}, {borrow},
{take over}, {take up}]
3: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will
the new President assume office?" [syn: {assume}, {adopt},
{take on}, {take over}]
4: 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" [syn: {assume},
{acquire}, {adopt}, {take on}, {take}]
5: take into one's family; "They adopted two children from
Nicaragua" [syn: {adopt}, {take in}]
6: put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" [syn:
{dramatize}, {dramatise}, {adopt}]
7: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and
use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They
adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: {espouse}, {embrace},
{adopt}, {sweep up}]
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