Adopt word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "adopt" word

[verb] take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
[verb] 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"
[verb] take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
[verb] put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
[verb] take up and practice as one's own
[verb] choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
[verb] take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"

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\A*dopt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adopted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adopting}.] [L. adoptare; ad + optare to choose, desire: cf. F. adopter. See {Option}.] 1. 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. 2. 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.

Synonyms for adopt

acquire, assume, assume, borrow, dramatise, dramatize, embrace, espouse, espouse, follow, sweep up, take in, take on, take on, take over, take over, take up

Related terms: accept, acculturate, acculturize, admit, affect, affiliate, Americanize, Anglicize, appropriate, approve, arrogate, assimilate, assume, carry, colonize, confer citizenship, conquer, copy, derive from, domesticate, embrace, encroach, enslave, espouse, go in for, go native, hog, imitate, indent, infringe, invade, jump a claim, make free with, make use of, mock, monopolize, naturalize, occupy, overrun, pass, pirate, plagiarize, play God, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, pretend to, ratify, requisition, seize, simulate, sit on, squat on, steal, subjugate, take, take all of, take in, take it all, take on, take over, take possession of, take up, trespass, usurp

The fun area, different aproach to word »adopt«

Let's analyse "adopt" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: TPODA. Average typing speed for these characters is 1340 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .- -.. --- .--. -

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: adopt: 1 + 6 = 7, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: adopt: 1 + 4 + 6 + 7 + 2 = 20, reduced: 2, and the final result is Two.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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