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Definition of: adopt

(ə·dopt) v.t.
1. To take into a new relationship; accept and treat as a member of one's family.
2. To take into one's family or as one's child by legal measures.
3. To take and follow as one's own, as a course of action.
4. To take up from someone else and use as one's own, as a phrase, practice, or creed.
5. To vote to accept, as a motion or committee report See synonyms under EMBRACE. [<F adopter <L adoptare <ad- to + optare choose]
—·a·dopt′er
noun

Most often used phrases:

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Statistical data

"adopt" has the frequency of use of 0.0021% on city-data.com forum

"adopt" has the frequency of use of 0.0011% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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