Overview of verb adopt

The verb adopt has 7 senses

• adopt, follow, espouse -- (choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals")


• adopt, borrow, take over, take up -- (take up and practice as one's own)


• assume, adopt, take on, take over -- (take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?")


• assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take -- (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")


• adopt, take in -- (take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua")


• dramatize, dramatise, adopt -- (put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay")


• espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up -- (take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith")

Overview of adj adopted

The adj adopted has 1 sense

• adopted, adoptive -- (acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country")