English dictionary definition of:

adopt


Verb

  • choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
  • take up and practice as one's own
  • take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
  • take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
  • take into one's family
  • put into dramatic form
  • take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

Thesaurus

acquire   assume   borrow   dramatise British English spelling   dramatize American English spelling   embrace   espouse   follow   take  

Scrabble score for adopt


Scrabble score = 8

generated at 16:59:24 on 12-02-20

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