adopt

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
2. (transitive) To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
3. (transitive) To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
4. (transitive) To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
5. (transitive) To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
6. (transitive) To select and take or approve.
7. (slang, transitive) To beat an opponent ten times in a row.

Noun

Clipping of adoptable.

Sinonieme

accept

🉑

assume

embrace

take over

take

espouse

take up

take on

take in

borrow

foster

appropriate

bring up

acquire

select

follow

use

admit

approve

draw

dramatise

dramatize

pass

raise

designate

co-opt

adoption

choose

employ

sweep up

receive

sanction

listen to

absorb

take care of

dial

applaud

comply

allow

clear

cast

affirm

favor

father

👨‍👦

affiliate

adapt

extract

exhibit

espousal

assimilate

Vertalings

adopter

adoptar

adottare

adotar

adoptieren

υιοθετώ

annehmen

aannemen

übernehmen

adopteren

adoptar

adoptar

تبنى

asumir

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈdɑpt/

Etimologie (Engels)

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