Adopt

What do we mean by adopt?

To take on the legal responsibilities as parent of (a child that is not one's biological child). transitive verb

To become the owner or caretaker of (a pet, especially one from a shelter). transitive verb

To take and follow (a course of action, for example) by choice or assent. transitive verb

To take up and make one's own. transitive verb

To move to or resettle in (a place). transitive verb

To take on or assume. transitive verb

To vote to accept. transitive verb

To choose as standard or required in a course. transitive verb

To choose for or take to one's self; make one's own by selection or assent; receive or agree to as a personal belonging or opinion: as, to adopt a name or an idea; an adopted citizen or country; the meeting adopted the resolution.

Specifically, to admit into a relation of affiliation; confer the rights or privileges of kinship upon, as one who is not naturally related or connected; especially, to receive and treat as a child or member of one's family, etc.: as, the orphans were adopted by friends. See adoption, 2. To take or receive into any kind of new relationship: as, to adopt a person as an heir, or as a friend, guide, or example.

In euchre, to play with the suit turned up for trumps: a privilege of the dealer.

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. transitive verb

To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve transitive verb

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc. verb

To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. verb

To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild. verb

To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility. verb

To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally. verb

To select and take or approve. verb

To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.)

To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.

To select and take or approve.

To win ten consecutive games against an opponent

Words that are spelled similarly to adopt:
adopt, adept, adapt, adot, adop, adpt, adolt, dopt.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word adopt:
expenditures, adoption, posture, revenues, euro, proposal, budget, stance, adopting, salary, preliminary, policies, surname, strategies, mandatory, measures, lifestyle, practices, baby, attitude, proposed, approach, currency, strategy, tactics, adopted, rates, standards, child, curriculum, christianity, customs, heir, regulations, constitution, policy, couples, principles, resolution, dress, legislation, rules, tax, uniform.

Words that rhyme with adopt:
opt, co-opt, stopped, dropped, copped, popped, topped, propped, cropped, chopped, swapped, flopped, toped, slopped, hopped, plopped, mopped, dropt, stoped, lopped, shopped, sopped, bopped, clopped, stropped, whopped, haupt, knopped, swopped, gawped, whapped.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective adopt:
school, child, highway, building, student, beach, block, family, stream, horse, grandparent, minefield, park, trail, people, aschool, cop, pet, book, lake, college, dog, forest, spot, road, station, home, river, friend, cat, player, acollege, tree, house, shelter, country, farm.

Consonant match to adopt:
adept, adapt.

Words that sound like adopt:
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