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.
Synonyms
listen to
pay attention to
take from
wedding ceremony
adhere to
borrow from
have recourse to
take from an orphanage
adopted child
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈdɑpt/
Etymology
From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt.
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