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1. adopt
verb. ['əˈdɑːpt'] choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.
Etymology
- adopter (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
Rhymes with Adopt
- swapped
- stopped
- propped
- plopped
- flopped
- dropped
- cropped
- co-opt
- topped
- shopped
- popped
- mopped
- lopped
- hopped
- copped
- chopped
How do you pronounce adopt?
Pronounce adopt as əˈdɑpt.
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Sentences with adopt
1. Verb, base form
Label each way as a strategy one of the characters of the book would adopt.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
If you adopt a Yorkie, be sure to talk to the veterinarian about these two potential health issues.
Quotes about adopt
1. Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
- Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband
2. Entrepreneurs adopt the ways of the adept and adapt to a changing environment. Actually, entrepreneurs are more enterpreneurs, because they are forever entering into new territory.
- Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not FOR SALE
3. When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons.
- Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
2. adopt
verb. ['əˈdɑːpt'] take up and practice as one's own.
Etymology
- adopter (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
3. adopt
verb. ['əˈdɑːpt'] take into one's family.
Synonyms
Etymology
- adopter (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
4. adopt
verb. ['əˈdɑːpt'] take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect.
Antonyms
Etymology
- adopter (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
5. adopt
verb. ['əˈdɑːpt'] take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities.
Synonyms
Etymology
- adopter (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))