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ˈdɑpt
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "adopt"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻ• āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to take someone's child into one's family and become their legal parent
Transitive: to adopt a child
to adopt definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After years of waiting, they finally had the opportunity to adopt a newborn baby.
āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŦāϜāĻžāϤāĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻ• āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ—āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to accept, embrace, or incorporate a particular idea, practice, or belief into one's own behavior or lifestyle
Transitive: to adopt a practice or belief
to adopt definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Last year, the city adopted a recycling program to manage waste more efficiently.
āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ, āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻœā§āϝ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāϏāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to choose and begin to use or show a particular stance, approach, or way of thinking.
Transitive: to adopt a stance or approach
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After much thought, she chose to adopt a position of neutrality in the ongoing debate.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž-āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϚāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϰāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to select a new title, place, or practice in place of a former one
Transitive: to adopt a new title or place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She adopted Canadian citizenship after living there for a decade.
āĻāĻ• āĻĻāĻļāĻ• āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāύāĻžāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āύāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to accept or claim something as one’s own, even though it originally came from another source
Transitive: to adopt sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She adopted a tradition from another culture and made it part of her family ’s celebrations.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

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