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/əˈdɒpt/ · verb
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship..
He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates.
[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.
to adopt the view or policy of another
These are resolutions that were adopted.
Every society should adopt an order of business adapted to its special wants.
Having found a property that 'feels' right you then have to adopt a hard-headed attitude and consider the realities of life in a new environment.
The match was not even close; the IM made amateurish blunders and ended up getting adopted.
Nakamura 'Adopts' Komodo On Fathers Day: 20.5-2.5
Use adopt when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Adopt means To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship..
Common synonyms include acquire, take, espouse, assume.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates.
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