(v) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans, Syn. espouse, follow, Example:She followed the feminist movement; The candidate espouses Republican ideals

adopt

(v) take up and practice as one's own, Syn. take up, borrow, take over

adopt

(v) take into one's family, Syn. take in, Example:They adopted two children from Nicaragua

adoptable

(adj) suitable or eligible for adoption, Ant. unadoptable, Example:a shortage of adoptable babies

adoptee

(n) someone (such as a child) who has been adopted

adoption

(n) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception, Syn. espousal, acceptance, acceptation, Example:its adoption by society; the proposal found wide acceptance

adoption

(n) 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)

adoptive

(adj) of parents and children; related by adoption, Ant. biological, Example:adoptive parents

adoptive parent

(n) a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child, Syn. adopter

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Adopt

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adopted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adopting. ] [ L. adoptare; ad + optare to choose, desire: cf. F. adopter. See Option. ] 1. 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, one's own child. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adoptable

a. Capable of being adopted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adopted

a. Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word. -- A*dopt"ed*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Adopter

n. 1. One who adopts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) 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. 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. [ Written also adapter. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Adoption

n. [ L. adoptio, allied to adoptare to adopt: cf. F. adoption. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adoptionist

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adoptious

a. Adopted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Adoptive

a. [ L. adoptivus: cf. F. adoptif. ] Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language. -- A*dopt"ive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Adoptierende { m, f }; Adoptierender

adopter

Adoptierte { m, f }; Adoptierter

adoptee

Adoption { f }; Kindesannahme { f }

adoption

Adoptivkind { n }

adoptive child

adoptieren; annehmen; übernehmen | adoptierend; annehmend; übernehmend | adoptiert; angenommen; übernommen | er/sie adoptiert | ich/er/sie adoptierte; ich/er/sie nahm an

to adopt | adopting | adopted | he/she adopts | I/he/she adopted

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