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verb (used with object)

to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.

to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act.

to take or receive into any kind of new relationship: to adopt a person as a protégé.

to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course.

to vote to accept: The House adopted the report.

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to accept or act in accordance with (a plan, principle, etc.).

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Verb phrase

adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption: The institution may keep a child or adopt it out.

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Origin:
1490–1500; (< Middle French adopter) < Latin adoptāre, equivalent to ad- ad- + optāre to opt

Related forms

a·dopt·er, noun

non·a·dopt·er, noun

pre·a·dopt, verb (used with object)

qua·si-a·dopt, verb (used with object)

qua·si-a·dopt·ed, adjective

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re·a·dopt, verb (used with object)

un·a·dopt·ed, adjective

well-a·dopt·ed, adjective

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Can be confused: 1. adapt, adept, adopt; 2. adopted, adoptive.

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Think about the type of child you want to adopt and which program helps you meet that goal.

Look around at what the other countries have done to manage agents and adopt these sound practices.

As open source begins to look more corporate, corporations themselves are looking to adopt and adapt more open-source practices.

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Think about the type of child you want to adopt and which program helps you meet that goal.

Look around at what the other countries have done to manage agents and adopt these sound practices.

As open source begins to look more corporate, corporations themselves are looking to adopt and adapt more open-source practices.

Germany was the first state to adopt the time changes, to reduce artificial lighting and thereby save coal for the war effort.

Children adopt their parents' eating habits, so it looks hereditary.

Caregivers routinely adopt flying fox orphans and find them delightfully smart.

And if you've been holding off on picking up the system, your real reason to adopt has at last presented itself.

If you as a teacher want to adopt its protocols, that's fine.

The campaign is now trying to get other countries to adopt similar rules.

Share what you see so that others can adopt these best practices.

If shrunk to nanometer levels, the tape measure could adopt a superposition of twisting both left and right.

With this information, they can then adopt sound management practices to better ensure the pups' success.

Andersen researchers asked consumers how likely they would be to adopt an e-book device if features improve.

They called on legal scholars to adopt a more realistic view of human nature.

In my opinion, there are two main reasons for the hesitation to adopt these technologies.

If you adopt the culture and learn the language, you will be accepted.

First, simplify and standardize the solar value proposition so consumers get the message and adopt.

Our customers are looking to adopt eco friendly habits and reusing the lunch tote eliminates trash.

One of the things the judge noted is these are things they could adopt for a while and then abandon.

Euro countries must adopt even more austerity measures for debt repayments.

The scientists say the reason could lie with females that adopt a range of appearances to throw potential mates off their scent.

Have the genes checked first, adopt if they are bad.

But even so, similarities exist, as schools adopt software and technologies that promote more creative approaches to learning.

So countries that failed to adopt old technologies are at a disadvantage when it comes to new ones.

Discover the beauty of wild horses and burros and learn how to adopt them.

Successful recovering addicts adopt behavioral strategies that allow you to resist or reduce cravings.

To adopt this as the solution would not solve the real problem.

Wiser heads might, perhaps, have found a way to persuade the tribes to adopt a more moderate position.

All agents suffer from deficient knowledge about the future, and adopt various quasi-rational strategies to deal with it.

Parents seeking to adopt children should be judged on what is in the best interest of the child.

Fewer people are coming forward to adopt as well, presumably because they cannot afford to.

If you adopt the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are you may live up to a decade longer.

Regulators adopt first in nation standards to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels.

When fisheries catch too many seabirds and sea turtles, forcing them to adopt safer practices, or even closing.

Critics call the report obsolete, but a growing number of senators are pushing to adopt its recommendations.

Speakers at an international-education conference here urged colleges and study-abroad providers to adopt clear policies and.

He is looking to invest in young firms whose bosses know how to pivot: ie, dump their old business model and adopt a new one.

Researchers have discovered that chimpanzees, too, preferentially adopt their fellow chimps' way of doing things.

Bloch's way of making up for the loss of his family was to adopt a paternal role within his resistance group.

Colleges and universities are looking to adopt the.

When boys adopt girls' names and girls adopt boys', the results aren't always gender-neutral.

Some colleges are choosing not to sign up with an outside provider but to adopt some private-sector strategies and go it alone.

The second idea is to adopt blue denim as the opposition's colour.

Many creatures are known to adopt the looks and postures of undesirable prey species to evade their predators.

Patients with damage to the prefrontal cortex adopt a utilitarian policy when making difficult moral judgments.

Hotels were early adopters, but it didn't really blast off until businesses started to adopt it.

Instructors who adopt the books can also edit the authors' words without permission.

Executives need to know which phrases to avoid and which to adopt.

Users are taught to adopt local customs such as putting their right hand over.

The cause seems to be a misfolded prion protein that triggers normal prions in the body to adopt the pathogenic conformation.

They also adopt a child and, presumably, live happily ever after.

Nasr said he did not expect other universities to adopt its course content wholesale.

It is probably too much to hope the government might adopt a fresh approach to these familiar allegations.

Still, it's unclear when more popular e-mail products will adopt similar features.

Many faculty members and postdocs are reluctant to be upfront about their plans to have or adopt children.

Australia now seems to want to adopt a softer touch.

Certain areas seemed to adopt a preferred number of stones.

Yet these strategies may limit profits, making it unlikely that banks will adopt them without being forced to do.

Bahia hopes to develop quality control tests and standards that will convince engineers and road builders to adopt cold mixes.

They were the first to adopt computers: decades-old mainframes are still in use.

Many people want to adopt powerful breeds, but they usually don't know what they are getting themselves into.

Others are not naturally rude but get frustrated by being ignored and thus adopt the strategies that they see working for.

France's police and tax departments are two branches of the public sector that have sought to adopt open source platforms.

Contracts also define accepted lines of communication and obligate the parties to adopt long-range plans.

Forcing banks to adopt higher capital ratios may curb speculative excesses.

Mankind seems to adopt such a wide range of behaviour that he escapes from natural selection pressures to a large extent.

Corporations adopt civic-responsibility programs out of long-term economic self-interest.

We need to invest resources and adopt strategies to limit drinking.

She called for restraint and for the conference to adopt a learning culture.

Many of us musicians whom play music semi-professionally or rock out at home adopt this term.

Universities can review the courses and decide which ones they want to adopt and offer credit for.

The government is encouraging the private sector to adopt the code as well.

Students should adopt the perspective of different personalities involved in, or affected by, the nuclear-powered submarine.

Any of these groups that begins to adopt a culture of existential guilt will inevitably wane in relation to other groups.

In fact, the group has been slow to adopt other digital formats in the past.

Thus they will probably adopt a three-pronged strategy now:.

While acceptance is growing, followers of the practice generally adopt a low profile because of public.

Indeed, there has been a tendency for major league batters to adopt lighter bats in recent years.

The new normals must adopt the features that are strengths in university-based teacher education.

Technology vendors say solutions exist, but banks and supervisors have been slow to adopt a standard.

During recent research into how cuttlefish adopt camouflage positions, a.

The trick will be getting governments to adopt them.

Adopt energy-saving practices to make the smartest use of efficient equipment.

Never adopt a dog whose energy level is higher than yours.

In response to their surroundings, moths and many other insects adopt wing patterns that enable them to evade predators.

For one thing, stores have been slow to adopt more sophisticated codes.

In the world of birds some species adopt similar aerial displays to woo their mates.

Others point out that people tend to adopt some aspects of other cultures without giving up their own.

The scientists said the reason could lie with females that adopt a range of appearances to throw potential mates off their scent.

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World English Dictionary

adopt (əˈdɒpt)

—vb
1.	law to bring (a person) into a specific relationship, esp to take (another's child) as one's own child
2.	to choose and follow (a plan, technique, etc)
3.	to take over (an idea, etc) as if it were one's own
4.	to take on; assume: to adopt a title
5.	to accept (a report, etc)

[C16: from Latin adoptāre to choose for oneself, from optāre to choose]

adop'tee

—n

a'dopter

—n

a'doption

—n

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Word Origin & History

adopt

1540s, from Fr. adopter (14c.), from L. adoptare "choose for oneself" (esp. a child); see adoption. Or perhaps a back-formation from Eng. adoption. Originally in Eng. also of friends, fathers, citizens, etc. Sense of "to legally take as one's own child" and that of "to

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embrace, espouse" a practice, method, etc. are from c.1600.

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