Definition and Synonyms for Adopt

Definition of Adopt

1. Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans Verb
2. Take up and practice as one's own Verb
3. Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities Verb
4. Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect Verb
5. Take into one's family Verb
6. Put into dramatic form Verb
7. Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own Verb

adoptable
Adjective
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1. suitable or eligible for adoption
adoptive
Adjective
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1. of parents and children; related by adoption
2. acquired as your own by free choice
adoptee
Noun
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1. someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
adopter
Noun
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1. a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
adoption
Noun
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1. a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
2. the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
3. the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
4. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

Etymology for adopt