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Definisjon av adopt

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WordNet WordNet by Princeton University

Verb
adopt - take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
take in
take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
adopt - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
follow, espouse
select, pick out, choose, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
adhere, stick follow through or carry out a plan without deviation; "They adhered to their plan"
adopt - take up and practice as one's own
borrow, take over, take up
accept, have, take tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
adopt - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
dramatize, dramatise
indite, pen, compose, write put together out of existing material; "compile a list"
penning, authorship, writing, composition the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed"
adopt - take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
espouse, embrace, sweep up
accept tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
fasten on, hook on, seize on, latch on, take up take hold of or attach to; "The biochip latches onto the genes"
adopt - take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
assume, take on, take over
take office assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?"
resume take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"
adopt - take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
assume, acquire, take on, take
change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
re-assume take on again, as after a time lapse; "He re-assumed his old behavior"
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Verb
adopt - To take voluntarily a child of other parents to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
adopt - To obtain a pet from a shelter or the wild.
adopt - To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
adopt - To select and take or approve.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • adopt
    To take up (an idea) as one's own.
  • adopt
    The act of approving something.
  • adopt
    To take into one's family.
  • adopt
    To choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.
  • adopt
    To take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities.
  • adopt
    To take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect.
  • adopt
    To put into dramatic form.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) adopt
  • Presens: adopt / adopts
  • Preteritum: adopted
  • Perfektum: (have) adopted

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