English Explanatory Dictionary

adopt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
To contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc.
To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
To select and take or approve.
To beat an opponent ten times in a row.

noun

Clipping of adoptable.

Pronunciation

/əˈdɒpt/ /əˈdɑpt/ En-us-adopt.ogg

Word forms

adopt adopts adopting adopted no-table-tags glossary adoptest adoptedst adopteth

Etymology

From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt.

Related words

adoptee adoption adoptive adoptive father adoptive mother adopt out

Derived words

adoptability adoptable adoptance adoptaversary adoptedly adoptianism adoptious adoptor nonadopted nonadopting preadopt readopt unadopt

Translations

Arabic: تَبَنَّى Armenian: որդեգրել Aromanian: nhiljedz Bulgarian: осиновя́вам Bulgarian: осиновя́ Catalan: adoptar Chinese Mandarin: 收養 /收养 Chinook Jargon: iskam-kakwa-tənas Cornish: asvaba Cornish: adoptya Czech: adoptovat Czech: osvojit Danish: adoptere Dutch: adopteren Dutch: aannemen Esperanto: adopti Faroese: ættleiða Finnish: adoptoida French: adopter Galician: adoptar Galician: porfillar German: adoptieren Greek: υιοθετώ Haitian Creole: adokte Hebrew: אִמֵּץ Hungarian: adoptál Hungarian: örökbe fogad Hungarian: befogad Icelandic: ættleiða Italian: adottare Japanese: 養子にする Khmer: ចិញ្ចឹម Korean: 입양하다 Latin: adoptō Latvian: adoptēt Malay: angkat Norwegian Bokmål: adoptere Norwegian Nynorsk: adoptera Old English: ġewȳsċan Persian: پذیرفتن Polish: adoptować Polish: zaadoptować Polish: przysposabiać Polish: przysposobić Portuguese: adotar Quechua: churichakuy Romanian: adopta Russian: усыновля́ть Russian: усынови́ть Russian: удочеря́ть Russian: удочери́ть Scottish Gaelic: uchd-mhacaich Serbo-Croatian: усвојити Serbo-Croatian: usvojiti Serbo-Croatian: posvojiti

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