Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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adopt | No | No | Yes | No |
adoptive | No | Yes | No | No |
adopt (adjective) | adoptive (adjective) |
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of parents and children; related by adoption | |
acquired as your own by free choice |
adopt (verb) | adoptive (verb) |
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take into one's family | |
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | |
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | |
put into dramatic form | |
take up and practice as one's own | |
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans | |
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities |