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Learn to pronounce a·dopt

/əˈdäpt/
verb
  1. legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own.
    "there are many people eager to adopt a baby"
  2. choose to take up, follow, or use.
    "this approach has been adopted by many big banks"
    synonyms: embrace, take on, acquire, affect, espouse, assume, appropriate, arrogate, approve, endorse, agree to, consent to, accede to, accept, ratify, validate, rubber-stamp, sanction, support, back, vote for, give something the go ahead, give something the green light, give something the thumbs up, OK, okay
  3. take on or assume (an attitude or position).
    "he adopted a patronizing tone"

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7 days ago · adopt implies accepting something created by another or foreign to one's nature. forced to adopt new policies.
to legally take another person's child into your own family and take care of him or her as your own child: They've adopted a baby girl. She had the child  ...
verb · law to bring (a person) into a specific relationship, esp to take (another's child) as one's own child · to choose and follow (a plan, technique, etc).

Adoption

Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from... Wikipedia
/əˈdɒpt/ · verb. take into one's family · verb. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans · verb. take up and practice as one's ...
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to choose and bring into a certain relationship; specif., to take into one's own family by legal process and raise as one's own child.
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To adopt is to assume a report or position, attitude, or law, as to apply them. Also related to adoption is to form a legal parent-child (adoptive parent) ...
adjective. adopt·​ed ə-ˈdäp-təd. Synonyms of adopted. : having been adopted: such as.
8 days ago · ADOPTION meaning: 1. the act of legally taking a child to be taken care of as your own: 2. accepting or starting to…. Learn more.
way of behaving. ​[transitive] adopt something (formal) to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc.
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ADOPT meaning: 1 : to take a child of other parents legally as your own child; 2 : to begin to use or have (a different manner, method, etc.)
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