adopt
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
To take up and follow a course or method.
NY DFS Part 500 (NYCRR Title 23, Chapter 1, Part 500)
Senses
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to take into one's family
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to take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
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to take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
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to put into dramatic form
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to take up and practice as one's own
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to choose and follow
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to take on titles, offices, duties, or responsibilities
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Variants
- synonym
- assumedramatisedramatizeembracefollowtaketake intake up
- pasttense
- adopted
- presentparticiple
- adopting
- thirdpersonsingular
- adopts
- pastparticiple
- adopted