āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to adopt
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āĻĻāϤā§āϤāĻ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to take someone's child into one's family and become their legal parent
Transitive: to adopt a child
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After years of waiting, they finally had the opportunity to adopt a newborn baby.
āĻŦāĻāϰ āϧāϰ⧠āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āώ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŦāĻāĻžāϤāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§ āĻĻāϤā§āϤāĻ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϝā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϞāĻŋāĻā§āĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž
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
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Last year, the city adopted a recycling program to manage waste more efficiently.
āĻāϤ āĻŦāĻāϰ, āĻļāĻšāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϰā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻ āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻŦāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to choose and begin to use or show a particular stance, approach, or way of thinking.
Transitive: to adopt a stance or approach
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After much thought, she chose to adopt a position of neutrality in the ongoing debate.
āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž-āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϰāĻĒā§āĻā§āώ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to select a new title, place, or practice in place of a former one
Transitive: to adopt a new title or place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She adopted Canadian citizenship after living there for a decade.
āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻļāĻ āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āύāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋāĻāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to accept or claim something as oneâs own, even though it originally came from another source
Transitive: to adopt sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She adopted a tradition from another culture and made it part of her family âs celebrations.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āϝ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύā§āϰ āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
adoptable
adopted
adopter
adopt
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