ADOPT


Meaning of ADOPT in English

verb

to make one's own what in some fashion one owes to another

adopt a new style

Synonyms: embrace, espouse, take on, take up

Related Word: affect, assume; appropriate, arrogate, take, usurp; domesticate, naturalize

Idioms: adapt to one's own ends, go in for

Contrasted words: reject, spurn; abjure, forswear, renounce

Antonyms: discard; repudiate

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