adopt

adopt

adopt (third-person singular simple present adopts, present participle adopting, simple past and past participle adopted)

1. (transitive, with relationship specified) To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.
2. (transitive, with relationship implied by context) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, ones own child.

   A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.

3. (transitive, with relationship implied by context) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.

   Were going to adopt a Dalmatian.

4. (transitive, with relationship implied by context) To take by choice into the scope of ones responsibility.

   This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays.

5. (transitive) To take or receive as ones own what is not so naturally.
6. (transitive) To select and take or approve.

   to adopt the view or policy of another

   These resolutions were adopted.

	adottare
	To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen
	Prendere un'idea come propria.
	To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
	Atto di accettare qualcosa.
	The act of approving something.
	To take into one's family.

	prendere in prestito
	Prendere un'idea come propria.
	To adopt (an idea) as one's own.

approvare

incaricarsi

mi incarico

scegliere

Altri significati:

(to) adopt

(transitive) To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; especially to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

take (advice, etc.)

adopt (measure, proposal)

(transitive) To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.

To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally

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