- adopt something as something
- adopt something as somethingto take on something, such as a policy or principle, as one's own. •
I will adopt this policy as my own.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
adopt something as something
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adopt — /ə däpt/ vt 1: to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) as one s own child esp. in compliance with formal legal procedures see also equitable adoption 2: to take or accept as if one s own [the company] adopt ed the signature on t … Law dictionary
Something Positive — logo, Mr. Personality. Author(s) R. K. Milholland Website http:/ … Wikipedia
adopt — adopt, embrace, espouse mean in common to make one’s own what in some fashion one owes to another. One adopts something of which one is not the begetter, inventor, or author or which is not one’s own naturally {adopt the style of Swinburne}… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
adopt — [v1] choose or take something as one’s own accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, go down the line*, go in for*, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select,… … New thesaurus
adopt — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptare, from ad + optare to choose Date: 1500 transitive verb 1. to take by choice into a relationship; especially to take voluntarily (a child of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
adopt — 01. Profits in our company have risen by over 12 percent since we [adopted] our new sales strategy. 02. They decided to [adopt] a child after they realized they weren t able to have one of their own. 03. After many years of refusing pets in our… … Grammatical examples in English
adopt — verb (T) 1 CHILD to legally make another person s child part of your family so that he or she becomes one of your own children: My mother was adopted when she was four. compare foster 1 (1) 2 adopt an approach/strategy/policy to start to use a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
adopt — a|dopt W2S2 [əˈdɔpt US əˈda:pt] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(child)¦ 2 adopt an approach/policy/attitude etc 3¦(style/manner)¦ 4¦(law/rule)¦ 5¦(name/country etc)¦ 6¦(election)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: adopter, from Latin adoptare, from ad … Dictionary of contemporary English
adopt*/ — [əˈdɒpt] verb 1) [I/T] to legally become the parent of another person s child The couple are hoping to adopt a baby girl.[/ex] 2) [T] to start using a new or different way of doing something He decided to adopt a more radical approach to the… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
adopt — /ə dɒpt/ verb to agree to something or to accept something … Marketing dictionary in english
adapt, adept, adopt — To adapt is to adjust, to make suitable. Note the second syllable (dapt), which resembles apt, meaning fit or suited to the purpose. Adept has something of the meaning of apt ( skilled, proficient ): one can say Bob was apt in science or Bob was… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
