adopt

Meaning

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.

Concepts

adopt

accept

embrace

assume

take

take over

espouse

take in

take on

take up

borrow

foster

acquire

appropriate

bring up

raise

dramatise

dramatize

follow

admit

use

select

approve

pass

draw

listen to

co-opt

sweep up

employ

sanction

receive

choose

take care of

absorb

designate

adoption

exhibit

have recourse to

comply

grant

pay attention to

take from an orphanage

affirm

father

affiliate

accommodate

adapt

adjust

enter into

adhere to

profess

rear

acknowledge

allow

applaud

approbate

clear

endorse

honor

indorse

recognise

recognize

rule in

sustain

undertake

dress

edit

forge

modify

mold

mould

revise

rewrite

scarify

till

work

assimilate

digest

imbibe

ingest

strike

administer

drink

extract

grab

help

pick up

withdraw

single out

assign

cast

dial

elect

name

opt

ordain

pick

think of

vote in

borrow from

take from

appoint

implement

introduce

apprehend

grasp

espousal

support

wedding ceremony

adopted child

favor

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈdɑpt/

Etymology

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