adopt

Εννοια

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

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/əˈdɑpt/

Ετυμολογία

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