adopt

Definition of adopt in English English dictionary: 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 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
A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.; {f} form a relationship with another person (as in to take a child as one's own); choose to make one's own (of an idea, name, etc.); {v} to take as one's own what is another's, to copy, select and take; choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"; take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"; zaadoptowac [zah-ah-dohp-TOE-vahch] You can see the English word in the Polish word Warning: If you begin reading this dictionary at this point, and you think that all Polish is this easy, get ready for a surprise! Date of entry: 3 January 2001; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"; In the Objective-C language, a class is said to adopt a protocol if it declares that it implements all the methods in the protocol Protocols are adopted by listing their names between angle brackets in a class or category declaration; To vote official approval or acceptance; to take up and practice as one's own; put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"; to take as one's own, as in: Would it be better to make our own rules, or adopt theirs?; To approve an amendment, motion, or resolution; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"; take up and practice as one's own; a legal relationship between a child and a parent not related by birth; To vote to accept; To take by choice into a relationship; to take voluntarily (a child of other natural parents) as one's own child; Â To vote official approval or acceptance; To choose for yourself; To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of or as, ones own child; If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it. Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops + adoption adop·tion the adoption of Japanese management practices by British manufacturing; esp; To take or receive as ones 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 voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child; take up and practice as one's own choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals; take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"; To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc; take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" take up and practice as one's own choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals; If you adopt someone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter. There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate. + adopter adopters adopt·er A social worker is appointed to interview the prospective adopters. + adoption adoptions adop·tion They gave their babies up for adoption
adopt out: To expel a son or daughter from a family by placing for adoption
adopt a decision: decide, make a decision, make a choice
adopt a resolution: adopt a decision, adopt a ruling
adopt another course of action: take another mode of action
adoptable: Able to be adopted
Only after reaching 3 weeks of age are the infants considered adoptable.
adoption: The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions
adopter: {n} one who adopts or makes choice
adoption: {n} the act op adopting, a free choice
Adoptable: suitable or eligible for adoption; "a shortage of adoptable babies"
Adopted: having been taken into a specific relationship; "an adopted child"
Adopted: adj (of a sheet) Having a parent sheet
Adopted: A sheet is said to be adopted when it has a parent sheet A sheet becomes the child of another sheet by adoption
Adopted: Passed into law An ordinance that is adopted becomes law and is enforceable
Adopted: [adj ]
Adopted: adoptious
Adopter: a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
Adoption: The legal process by which a person takes a child of which they are not the biological parent as their own
Adoption: A preliminary action of the House or Senate or of a committee in considering amendments and substitutes Amendments are adopted Committee substitutes are adopted before they are voted do pass by a committee or perfected by the House or Senate House or Senate substitutes are adopted before they are perfected or third read by the House or Senate Conference committee reports are adopted before the bill or amendments they recommend are third read Ordinarily the final action on a House or Senate resolution is adoption
Adoption: Adoption is where a child legally becomes the child of someone other than a birth parent (This is different to parenting orders in the Family Court) •Adoption
Adoption: Approval or acceptance; usually applied to resolutions or amendments
Adoption: A permanent, legally binding arrangement whereby persons other than the birthparents parent the child
Adoption: - The legal transfer of all parental rights and obligations from one person to another person or couple
Adoption: The agreement by vote of an amendment, motion, resolution, or memorial
Adoption: The question on matters relating directly to the legislative body requiring only one vote; for example, orders, resolutions, amendments, and motions
Adoption: The legal process of adding a child into a family The child's surname is usually changed to that of the parents adopting the child and they become the legal guardians of the child Once adopted the law views the child as part of the adoptive family Many adoption records are sealed, ostensibly to protect the child but also to protect the natural parents
Adoption: Approval or acceptance; usually applied to amendments, committee reports or resolutions
Adoption: A legally adopted child has rights of inheritance in the estate of his/her adoptive parent(s) but not in the estate of his or her natural parent
Adoption: to take a child into one's home by legal means and raise as one's own, with same legal rights as one's natural children
Adoption: The creation, by a court, of parental rights and responsibilities between a child and an adult or adult couple
Adoption: the legal process where parental rights are transferred from birth parents to adoptive parents
Adoption: The judicial act creating the legal parental relationship when no genetic linkage exists
Adoption: The process by which a person who is unrelated by blood or marriage to a child becomes the legal parent of the child Introduced in England and Wales in 1926, it is now the preferred option for the long term care of children who are unlikely ever to return to their own families
Adoption: Approval or acceptance; usually applied to amendments or resolutions
Adoption: legal process where parental rights are transferred from birth parents to adoptive parents
Adoption: – the process by which an adult becomes the legal parent of a child who is not his or her offspring
Adoption: Approval or acceptance; usually applied to amendments, resolutions, or motions
Adoption: Approval or acceptance; usually applied to amendments, resolutions, and motions
Adoption: – A placement service which creates a new, legal family for a child
Adoption: The act by which a person takes the child of another into his or her own family and makes the child, for all legal purposes, his or her own child
Adoption: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
Adoption: The Committee of Ministers adopts Treaties, by a decision taken by a two-thirds majority of the Representatives casting a vote and a majority of the Representatives entitled to sit on the Committee When adopted, the text of the treaty is definitive
Adoption: permanent legal custody of another individual's child; adoption takes place after the parents' rights have been terminated by the court or voluntarily relinquished by the parents
adoptability: {i} ability to be adopted or taken in, ability to be embraced or espoused (of a person, idea, cause, etc.)
adoptability: The property of being adoptable
adoptable: Desirable to adopt
adoptable: suitable or eligible for adoption; "a shortage of adoptable babies
adoptable: Capable of being adopted
adoptable: {s} capable of being adopted or taken in, capable of being embraced or espoused (of a person, idea, cause, etc.)
adopted: having been taken into a specific relationship; "an adopted child
adopted: Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word
adopted: past of adopt
adopted: acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
adopted: acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country" having been taken into a specific relationship; "an adopted child
adopted: {s} taken as one's own; taken and raised as part of a family (of a child)
adopter: {i} one who takes as his own, one who embraces or espouses (a person, idea, cause, etc.)
adopter: It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters
adopter: A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver
adopter: One who adopts
adopters: plural of adopter
adopting: present participle of adopt
adopting: {i} taking as one's own (as in a child); acceptance, embracing (of an idea, cause, etc.)
adoption: The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child
adoption: Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another
adoption: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
adoption: Act of transferring parental rights and duties to someone other than the adopted person's biological parents. The practice is ancient and occurs in all cultures. Traditionally, its goal was to continue the male line for the purposes of inheritance and succession; most adoptees were male (and sometimes adult). Contemporary laws and practices aim to promote child welfare and the development of families. In the latter part of the 20th century, there was a relaxation of traditional restrictions on age differences between adoptive parents and children, on the parents' minimum income level, on the mother's employment outside the home, and on placements across religious and ethnic lines. Single-parent adoptions and adoptions by same-sex couples also became more acceptable. Beginning in the 1970s, a growing adoptees-rights movement in the United States called for the repeal of confidentiality laws in most states that prevented adoptees as adults from viewing their adoption records, including their original birth certificates
adoption: The choosing and making that to be ones own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions
adoption: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
adoption: {i} taking of a child as one's own; act of adopting; state of being adopted; (Legal) court proceeding according to which an adult becomes the legal parent of a child who is not his/her biological child; acceptation, act of accepting with approval; positive acceptance
adoption: The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as ones own child
adoption: a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
adopts: third-person singular of adopt