adopt

verbid 548·updated Jun 3, 2026
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To take up and follow a course or method.

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
assumedramatisedramatizeembracefollowtaketake intake up
pasttense
adopted
presentparticiple
adopting
thirdpersonsingular
adopts
pastparticiple
adopted

Framework definitions

NY DFS Part 500 (NYCRR Title 23, Chapter 1, Part 500)1 senseview framework →
§1
To take up and follow a course or method.
Wordset Dictionary7 sensesview framework →
§1
to take into one's family
§2
to take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
§3
to take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
§4
to put into dramatic form
§5
to take up and practice as one's own
§6
to choose and follow
§7
to take on titles, offices, duties, or responsibilities

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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