adopt

Words with a similar base: adopt

'adopt'

[adopt.v.01] as in: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

Examples:
She followed the feminist movement
The candidate espouses Republican ideals

adopt, adopt, assume, assume, adopt, dramatize, espouse, follow, postdate, follow, follow, comply, follow, follow, follow, follow, take_after, trace, watch, succeed, play_along, keep_up, come, follow, follow, be, surveil, pursue, follow, stick_to, marry

comply, adoption, adoption, borrowing, following, pursuit, follow, postdate, follow, follow, follow, follow, follow, adopt, follow, take_after, trace, watch, succeed, play_along, keep_up, come, follow, follow, be, surveil, pursue, follow, stick_to, following, following, following, following, bridal, betrothal

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choose, decide

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adhere

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adopt, be, come, comply, follow, following, keep_up, play_along, postdate, pursue, pursuit, stick_to, succeed, surveil, take_after, trace, watch

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'adopt'

[adopt.v.02] as in: take up and practice as one's own

adopt, adopt, assume, assume, adopt, dramatize, espouse, borrow, assume, take_over, bear, take_over, repeat, absorb, take_up, take_up, take_up, take_up, start, assume, sorb, scoop, take_in, absorb, take_in, resume

adoptive, adopted, adoption, adoption, borrowing

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accept, get

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accept, accommodate, admit, adopt, adopted, adoptive, alien, allow, assume, bear, borrow, dramatize, espouse, extraneous, foreign, foreign-born, give_up, leave, lend_oneself, let, nonnative, permit, take

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'adopt'

[assume.v.02] as in: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

Examples:
When will the new President assume office?

assume, assume, assume, bear, assume, assume, simulate, assume, wear, adopt, adopt, adopt, dramatize, espouse, undertake, accept, meet, take_over, take_over, repeat, absorb

premise, assumption, assumption, assumption, assumption, presumption, assumption

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take_office, start

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resume

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take_office

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'adopt'

[assume.v.03] as in: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

Examples:
His voice took on a sad tone
The story took a new turn
he adopted an air of superiority
She assumed strange manners
The gods assume human or animal form in these fables

assume, assume, assume, bear, assume, assume, simulate, assume, wear, get, grow, acquire, acquire, learn, develop, adopt, adopt, adopt, dramatize, espouse, undertake, accept, meet, return, take, take, take, lead, take, take, bring, take, take, choose, accept, fill, consider, necessitate, take, film, remove, consume, take, take, take, take, learn, claim, take, aim, take, carry, lease, subscribe, take, take, take, claim, accept, contain, take, drive, take, contract

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change

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re-assume

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accept, accommodate, acquire, act, addition, admit, advance, affect, aim, allow, amplification, assume, be_active, bear, break_even, bring, call, carry, change, choose, claim, consider, consume, contain, continue, contract, crave, deepen, depart, derive, detect, determine, deviate, devour, discover, discovery, drive, exchange, fill, film, find, find_oneself, gain, give_up, go, hold, keep, keep_open, lead, learn, lease, leave, lend_oneself, let, line_up, motion, motivate, move, necessitate, net_income, observe, permit, preserve, prevent, profit, reach, receive, recover, remove, restrain, retain, return, rule, sidetrack, starve, subscribe, succeed, support, sustain, switch, take, title, transfer, travel, variety, win, winnings, witness

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'adopt'

[adopt.v.05] as in: take into one's family

Examples:
They adopted two children from Nicaragua

adopt, adopt, assume, assume, adopt, dramatize, espouse, take_in, gull, absorb, take_in, collect, watch, receive, take_in, absorb, gain, catch, take_in, absorb, take_in, consume, take_in

adoptable, adoptive, adopted, adoptee, adoption, adoption, borrowing, adoptive_parent

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take

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absorb, accept, adopt, adoptable, adopted, adoptive, aim, alien, assume, bring, carry, catch, choose, claim, collect, consider, consume, contain, contract, crave, devour, dramatize, drive, espouse, extraneous, fill, film, foreign, foreign-born, gain, gull, lead, learn, lease, necessitate, nonnative, receive, remove, return, starve, steep, subscribe, take, take_in, watch

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'adopt'

[dramatize.v.01] as in: put into dramatic form

Examples:
adopt a book for a screenplay

dramatize, dramatize, embroider, adopt, adopt, assume, assume, adopt, espouse

dramatist, dramatization, dramatization, play, drama, drama, drama

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write, make

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writing

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'adopt'

[espouse.v.03] as in: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

Examples:
She embraced Catholicism
They adopted the Jewish faith

adopt, marry, espouse, embrace, embrace, embrace, embrace, embrace, adopt, assume, assume, adopt, dramatize, embroil

embrace, embrace, embrace, embrace, embrace, espouse, adoption, adoption, borrowing

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accept, think

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take_up

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accept, accommodate, admit, approve, bear, take

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Origins

					adopt (English)
└── adopter (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))

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