ADOPT


Meaning of ADOPT in English

verb

1 child

ADVERB

▪ legally

The child has now been legally ~ed.

PHRASES

▪ have sb ~ed

She was forced to have her baby ~ed.

2 take and use sth

ADVERB

▪ formally , officially

The policy has not yet been formally ~ed.

VERB + ADOPT

▪ tend to

▪ decide to

▪ be forced to

Adopt is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ conference , ↑ congress , ↑ council , ↑ parliament

Adopt is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ accent , ↑ alias , ↑ amendment , ↑ approach , ↑ attitude , ↑ baby , ↑ bill , ↑ child , ↑ code , ↑ constitution , ↑ convention , ↑ course , ↑ creed , ↑ criterion , ↑ custom , ↑ declaration , ↑ definition , ↑ directive , ↑ disguise , ↑ doctrine , ↑ document , ↑ guideline , ↑ habit , ↑ identity , ↑ ideology , ↑ kid , ↑ law , ↑ legislation , ↑ lifestyle , ↑ line , ↑ manner , ↑ mannerism , ↑ measure , ↑ method , ↑ mode , ↑ model , ↑ motion , ↑ motto , ↑ name , ↑ nationality , ↑ orphan , ↑ perspective , ↑ philosophy , ↑ plan , ↑ point of view , ↑ policy , ↑ position , ↑ posture , ↑ practice , ↑ procedure , ↑ profile , ↑ pseudonym , ↑ reasoning , ↑ recommendation , ↑ reform , ↑ register , ↑ regulation , ↑ religion , ↑ resolution , ↑ rhetoric , ↑ role , ↑ rule , ↑ scheme , ↑ slogan , ↑ solution , ↑ stance , ↑ standpoint , ↑ strategy , ↑ style , ↑ suggestion , ↑ surname , ↑ system , ↑ tack , ↑ tactic , ↑ technique , ↑ technology , ↑ terminology , ↑ tone , ↑ view , ↑ viewpoint

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