Dictionary Entry
adopt
adopt is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
- 2transitive verb
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
- 3verb
take into one's family
"They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
- 4verb
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
"His voice took on a sad tone"
"The story took a new turn"
- 5verb
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
"She embraced Catholicism"
"They adopted the Jewish faith"
- 6verb
put into dramatic form
"adopt a book for a screenplay"
- 7verb
take up and practice as one's own
Synonyms
- 8verb
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
"She followed the feminist movement"
"The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
- 9verb
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
"When will the new President assume office?"
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