Sekirov Dictionary

adopt

UK /əˈdɒpt/US /əˈdɑpt/

verb 8
noun 1
forms 6
phrases 1

verb8

to take a child who was born in another family and make them a legal son or daughter
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To select and take or approve.
- These are resolutions that were adopted.
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To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
- A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
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To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
- We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.
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To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
- He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates.
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To contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc.
- We adopted an elephant at the local zoo.
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To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
- This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays.
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(slang) To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
- The match was not even close; the IM made amateurish blunders and ended up getting adopted.

noun1

(informal) Clipping of adoptable.

forms

adopted · adoptedst · adopting · adopteth · adopts · adoptest

Phrases with adopt

adopt out
To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.

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