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Adopt

//əˈdɒpt// noun, verb, slang

Noun

Verb

1
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.; To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. transitive
"A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing."
2
take into one's family wordnet
3
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.; To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild. transitive
"We're going to adopt a Dalmatian."
4
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect wordnet
5
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.; To contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc. transitive
"We adopted an elephant at the local zoo."

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6
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own wordnet
7
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.; To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility. transitive
"This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays."
8
put into dramatic form wordnet
9
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally. transitive
"He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates."
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take up and practice as one's own wordnet
11
To select and take or approve. transitive
"to adopt the view or policy of another"
12
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans wordnet
13
To beat an opponent ten times in a row. slang, transitive
"The match was not even close; the IM made amateurish blunders and ended up getting adopted."
14
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities wordnet

Etymology 1

From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt.

Etymology 2

From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt.

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