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Definitions for Adopt

[1] to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
[2] to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act.
[3] to take or receive into any kind of new relationship: to adopt a person as a protégé.
[4] to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course.
[5] to vote to accept: The House adopted the report.
[6] to accept or act in accordance with (a plan, principle, etc.).
[7] adopt out , to place (a child) for adoption: The institution may keep a child or adopt it out.
[8] law to bring (a person) into a specific relationship, esp to take (another's child) as one's own child
[9] to choose and follow (a plan, technique, etc)
[10] to take over (an idea, etc) as if it were one's own
[11] to take on; assume to adopt a title
[12] to accept (a report, etc)

Words related to Adopt

use, ratify, support, accept, maintain, embrace, endorse, follow, approve, select, choose, raise, opt, mimic, tap, seize, assume, affirm, assent, utilize

Words nearby Adopt

adon olam, adonai, adonic, adonijah, adonis, adopt, adoptable, adopted, adoptee, adoption, adoption curve

Origin of Adopt

1490–1500; (< Middle French adopter ) < Latin adoptāre, equivalent to ad- ad- + optāre to opt

Words that may be confused with Adopt

adapt, adept, adopt, adopted, adoptive

Other words from Adopt

a·dopt·er , noun
non·a·dopt·er , noun
pre·a·dopt , verb (used with object)
qua·si-a·dopt , verb (used with object)
qua·si-a·dopt·ed , adjective
re·a·dopt , verb (used with object)
un·a·dopt·ed , adjective
well-a·dopt·ed , adjective

Word origin for Adopt

C16: from Latin adoptāre to choose for oneself, from optāre to choose

Synonyms for Adopt

accept, approve, embrace, endorse, follow, maintain, ratify, select, support, take up, use, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, assent, assume, borrow, espouse, imitate, mimic, opt, seize, tap, utilize, go down the line, go in for, take on, take over