adopt

Meaning

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

listen to

pay attention to

take from

wedding ceremony

adhere to

borrow from

have recourse to

take from an orphanage

adopted child

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈdɑpt/

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

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