Adopt
verb
To take and raise a child that is not your own biologically.
They were unable to have children, so they decided to adopt.
Often appears as...
- adopt a child
- adopt an orphan
verb
To accept and start using something new.
The school decided to adopt a new teaching method.
Often appears as...
- adopt a method
- adopt a system
verb
To choose and follow a plan, policy, or course of action.
The company adopted a policy of not hiring people under 18.
Often appears as...
- adopt a policy
- adopt a plan
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting.
The proposal was adopted by a majority vote.
Often appears as...
- adopt a resolution
- adopt a proposal
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Legal
verb
To take on or assume an attitude or way of behavior.
He adopted a very serious tone when talking about the issues.
Often appears as...
- adopt a tone
- adopt a stance
verb
To take and raise a child that is not your own biologically.
They were unable to have children, so they decided to adopt.
Often appears as...
- adopt a child
- adopt an orphan
verb
To accept and start using something new.
The school decided to adopt a new teaching method.
Often appears as...
- adopt a method
- adopt a system
verb
To choose and follow a plan, policy, or course of action.
The company adopted a policy of not hiring people under 18.
Often appears as...
- adopt a policy
- adopt a plan
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting.
The proposal was adopted by a majority vote.
Often appears as...
- adopt a resolution
- adopt a proposal
Usage tips
Legal
verb
To take on or assume an attitude or way of behavior.
He adopted a very serious tone when talking about the issues.
Often appears as...
- adopt a tone
- adopt a stance
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Process
Adopting a child is a loving commitment. It may involve legal steps and carries an emotional significance.
After years of paperwork, they finally adopted a newborn.
Pro Tip 2/2Extended Family
Adoption creates new family ties. It's recognized socially and legally, even without a biological connection.
His adoptive parents have been supportive from the start.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Process
Adopting a child is a loving commitment. It may involve legal steps and carries an emotional significance.
After years of paperwork, they finally adopted a newborn.
Pro Tip 2/2Extended Family
Adoption creates new family ties. It's recognized socially and legally, even without a biological connection.
His adoptive parents have been supportive from the start.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Process
Adopting a child is a loving commitment. It may involve legal steps and carries an emotional significance.
After years of paperwork, they finally adopted a newborn.
Pro Tip 2/2Extended Family
Adoption creates new family ties. It's recognized socially and legally, even without a biological connection.
His adoptive parents have been supportive from the start.
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Video examples
Avi Rubin: All your...
Well, I think that society tends to adopt technology really quickly. I love the next coolest gadget. But it's very important, and these researchers are showing, that the developers of these things need to take security into account from the very beginning, and need to realize that they may have a threat model,
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Elephants Being...
In fact, it's an extremely important aspect of elephant life. It builds lifelong bonds and helps the herd to thrive. Mothers have even been found to adopt orphaned babies, letting them suckle and protecting them after their mothers have died. Some herds have adopted outsiders too, like a human family might do.
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Could we survive...
Instead of trying to shield the human body, or rapidly repair damage, we could potentially engineer humans to adopt and express these fungal, melanin-based energy-harvesting systems. They'd then convert radiation into useful energy while protecting our DNA. This sounds pretty sci-fi,
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Why city flags may be...
Both are so much better. And I think if they were adopted, I would see them around the city. In my crusade to make flags of the world more beautiful, many listeners have taken it upon themselves to redesign their flags and look into the feasibility of getting them officially adopted.
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Why do we have hair in...
early hominins first transitioned out of trees and adopted a more active lifestyle. Keeping cool became increasingly important. Eventually, they developed more sweat glands, which helped them lose heat by evaporating moisture through the skin.
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Where do new words come...
these can often be understood the first time you hear them. And sometimes a new word isn't new at all. Obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meanings. Villain originally meant a peasant farmer, but in a twist of aristocratic snobbery
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China's Lost Girls PIPE...
so she put me in orphanage so I could have a better life I was born China and I was brought here if it wasn't for my mom and dad I bet out filming the orphan orphanage over one-quarter of all the babies adopted from abroad into this
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How to rebuild the world...
humanity doesn't have the benefit of four stomachs like a cow so you've had to adopt technology to enable us to thrive biting fast-growing species of grass so alongside food fire is another foundation of society we use fire to
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Beautiful Butterfly...
their young are adopted by ants the caterpillar mimics the sound and smell of the ants own young and mistaken for a mislaid ant lava is taken back to the nest by the foraging ant workers
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Penguins Kidnapping...
But it's only for a moment. A large crowd has gathered, all trying to adopt the chick. She's soon overwhelmed by doting admirers.
Video examples
Avi Rubin: All your...
Well, I think that society tends to adopt technology really quickly. I love the next coolest gadget. But it's very important, and these researchers are showing, that the developers of these things need to take security into account from the very beginning, and need to realize that they may have a threat model,
Video examples
Elephants Being...
In fact, it's an extremely important aspect of elephant life. It builds lifelong bonds and helps the herd to thrive. Mothers have even been found to adopt orphaned babies, letting them suckle and protecting them after their mothers have died. Some herds have adopted outsiders too, like a human family might do.
Video examples
Could we survive...
Instead of trying to shield the human body, or rapidly repair damage, we could potentially engineer humans to adopt and express these fungal, melanin-based energy-harvesting systems. They'd then convert radiation into useful energy while protecting our DNA. This sounds pretty sci-fi,
Video examples
Why city flags may be...
Both are so much better. And I think if they were adopted, I would see them around the city. In my crusade to make flags of the world more beautiful, many listeners have taken it upon themselves to redesign their flags and look into the feasibility of getting them officially adopted.
Video examples
Why do we have hair in...
early hominins first transitioned out of trees and adopted a more active lifestyle. Keeping cool became increasingly important. Eventually, they developed more sweat glands, which helped them lose heat by evaporating moisture through the skin.
Video examples
Where do new words come...
these can often be understood the first time you hear them. And sometimes a new word isn't new at all. Obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meanings. Villain originally meant a peasant farmer, but in a twist of aristocratic snobbery
Video examples
China's Lost Girls PIPE...
so she put me in orphanage so I could have a better life I was born China and I was brought here if it wasn't for my mom and dad I bet out filming the orphan orphanage over one-quarter of all the babies adopted from abroad into this
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
humanity doesn't have the benefit of four stomachs like a cow so you've had to adopt technology to enable us to thrive biting fast-growing species of grass so alongside food fire is another foundation of society we use fire to
Video examples
Beautiful Butterfly...
their young are adopted by ants the caterpillar mimics the sound and smell of the ants own young and mistaken for a mislaid ant lava is taken back to the nest by the foraging ant workers
Video examples
Penguins Kidnapping...
But it's only for a moment. A large crowd has gathered, all trying to adopt the chick. She's soon overwhelmed by doting admirers.
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Quote examples
Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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Eric Dane
American Actor
Going to the gym and looking for a specific result is a short-lived existence, as opposed to going to the gym and adopting it as a lifestyle. Develop a routine, because it's much harder to break it if you have one. If you have no routine, you have nothing to break, so discipline goes out the window.
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Jim Cramer
American Businessman
There are tons of people who are late to trends by nature and adopt a trend after it's no longer in fashion. They exist in mutual funds. They exist in clothes. They exist in cars. They exist in lifestyles.
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Jamshyd Godrej
Indian Businessman
The government is a very large constructor. They have schools, colleges, hospitals and courts, offices. We are trying to influence the public works department to adopt green buildings.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace.
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Jillian Michaels
American Athlete
I felt the calling to adopt. You just know in the deepest part of your being that you are meant to find this little soul and guide them through life.
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Zendaya
American Actress
Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
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Eartha Kitt
American Actress
I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.
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James Patterson
American Author
Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.
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Farah Khan
Indian Director
Adopting a pet is like taking the responsibility of a baby.
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
Quote examples
Eric Dane
American Actor
Going to the gym and looking for a specific result is a short-lived existence, as opposed to going to the gym and adopting it as a lifestyle. Develop a routine, because it's much harder to break it if you have one. If you have no routine, you have nothing to break, so discipline goes out the window.
Quote examples
Jim Cramer
American Businessman
There are tons of people who are late to trends by nature and adopt a trend after it's no longer in fashion. They exist in mutual funds. They exist in clothes. They exist in cars. They exist in lifestyles.
Quote examples
Jamshyd Godrej
Indian Businessman
The government is a very large constructor. They have schools, colleges, hospitals and courts, offices. We are trying to influence the public works department to adopt green buildings.
Quote examples
Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace.
Quote examples
Jillian Michaels
American Athlete
I felt the calling to adopt. You just know in the deepest part of your being that you are meant to find this little soul and guide them through life.
Quote examples
Zendaya
American Actress
Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
Quote examples
Eartha Kitt
American Actress
I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.
Quote examples
James Patterson
American Author
Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.
Quote examples
Farah Khan
Indian Director
Adopting a pet is like taking the responsibility of a baby.
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