adopt
11adopt — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptare, from ad + optare to choose Date: 1500 transitive verb 1. to take by choice into a relationship; especially to take voluntarily (a child of… …
12adopt — 01. Profits in our company have risen by over 12 percent since we [adopted] our new sales strategy. 02. They decided to [adopt] a child after they realized they weren t able to have one of their own. 03. After many years of refusing pets in our… …
13adopt — verb (T) 1 CHILD to legally make another person s child part of your family so that he or she becomes one of your own children: My mother was adopted when she was four. compare foster 1 (1) 2 adopt an approach/strategy/policy to start to use a… …
14adopt — adopter, n. /euh dopt /, v.t. 1. to choose or take as one s own; make one s own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname. 2. to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one s own child, specifically by a formal legal act. 3. to take or… …
15adopt — a|dopt W2S2 [əˈdɔpt US əˈda:pt] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(child)¦ 2 adopt an approach/policy/attitude etc 3¦(style/manner)¦ 4¦(law/rule)¦ 5¦(name/country etc)¦ 6¦(election)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: adopter, from Latin adoptare, from ad …
16adopt */*/*/ — UK [əˈdɒpt] / US [əˈdɑpt] verb Word forms adopt : present tense I/you/we/they adopt he/she/it adopts present participle adopting past tense adopted past participle adopted 1) [transitive] to decide to start using a particular idea, plan, or… …
17adopt — verb 1 child ADVERB ▪ legally ▪ The child has now been legally adopted. PHRASES ▪ have sb adopted ▪ She was forced to have her baby adopted. 2 take and use s …
18adopt — /əˈdɒpt / (say uh dopt) verb (t) 1. to choose for or take to oneself; make one s own by selection or assent: to adopt a name; to adopt an idea. 2. to take (a child born to someone else) to be legally your own child, specifically by a formal legal …
19adopt — verb /ʌˈdɑpt/ a) To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; especially to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, ones own child. A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby …
20adopt — v. (D; tr.) to adopt as (they adopted the child as their heir) * * * [ə dɒpt] (D; tr.) to adopt as (they adopted the child as their heir) …
