adopt
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: board-games
chess
games
Etymology: From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt.
Base: opt
Affixes: ad-
Inflected forms:
form: adopts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: adopting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: adopted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: adopted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: adopt
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: adopt
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: adopted
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: adopt
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: adoptest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: adopted
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: adoptedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: adopts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: adopteth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: adopted
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: adopt
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: adopted
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: adopt
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: adopted
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: adopt
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: adopting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: adopted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
gloss: To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.
gloss: To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We adopted an elephant at the local zoo.
gloss: To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays.
Sixteen years ago, the station entered into a new chapter when it was adopted by the Friends of Chirk Station (FoCS) volunteer group, under the Arriva Trains Wales Station Adopters programme.
gloss: To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates.
[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.
gloss: To select and take or approve.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to adopt the view or policy of another
These are resolutions that were adopted.
Every society should adopt an order of business adapted to its special wants.
Having found a property that 'feels' right you then have to adopt a hard-headed attitude and consider the realities of life in a new environment.
gloss: To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: The match was not even close; the IM made amateurish blunders and ended up getting adopted.
Nakamura 'Adopts' Komodo On Fathers Day: 20.5-2.5
Wednesday's event will offer the Russian grandmaster three opportunities to adopt Rensch, though just like in the Speed Chess Championship, Nepomniachtchi will have to race against the clock.
"That's it, that's it!" the Grandmaster Eric Hansen bellowed after following nine straight losses with a win. "You are not adopting me! Not today, not today!"
There was wasn't much for Gukesh fans to cheer, but at least he avoided the fate of Maghsoodloo, who was "adopted", i.e. beaten 10 games in a row. Gukesh struck in the 2nd 3+1 game, when he was dangerously close to that mark.
Related words: adoptee
adoption
adoptive
adoptive father
adoptive mother
adopt out
Derived words: adoptability
adoptable
adoptance
adoptaversary
adoptedly
adoptianism
adoptious
adoptor
nonadopted
nonadopting
preadopt
readopt
unadopt
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: تَبَنَّى
roman: tabannā
lang: Armenian
word: որդեգրել
roman: ordegrel
lang: Aromanian
word: nhiljedz
lang: Bulgarian
word: осиновя́вам
roman: osinovjávam
lang: Bulgarian
word: осиновя́
roman: osinovjá
lang: Catalan
word: adoptar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 收養 /收养
roman: shōuyǎng
lang: Chinook Jargon
word: iskam-kakwa-tənas
lang: Cornish
word: asvaba
lang: Cornish
word: adoptya
lang: Czech
word: adoptovat
lang: Czech
word: osvojit
lang: Danish
word: adoptere
lang: Dutch
word: adopteren
lang: Dutch
word: aannemen
lang: Esperanto
word: adopti
lang: Faroese
word: ættleiða
lang: Finnish
word: adoptoida
lang: French
word: adopter
lang: Galician
word: adoptar
lang: Galician
word: porfillar
lang: German
word: adoptieren
lang: Greek
word: υιοθετώ
roman: yiothetó
lang: Haitian Creole
word: adokte
lang: Hebrew
word: אִמֵּץ
roman: iméts
lang: Hungarian
word: adoptál
lang: Hungarian
word: örökbe fogad
lang: Hungarian
word: befogad
lang: Icelandic
word: ættleiða
lang: Italian
word: adottare
lang: Japanese
word: 養子にする
roman: yōshi ni suru
lang: Khmer
word: ចិញ្ចឹម
roman: cəɲcəm
lang: Korean
word: 입양하다
roman: ibyanghada
lang: Latin
word: adoptō
lang: Latvian
word: adoptēt
lang: Malay
word: angkat
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: adoptere
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: adoptera
lang: Old English
word: ġewȳsċan
lang: Persian
word: پذیرفتن
roman: paziroftan
lang: Polish
word: adoptować
lang: Polish
word: zaadoptować
lang: Polish
word: przysposabiać
lang: Polish
word: przysposobić
lang: Portuguese
word: adotar
lang: Quechua
word: churichakuy
lang: Romanian
word: adopta
lang: Russian
word: усыновля́ть
roman: usynovljátʹ
lang: Russian
word: усынови́ть
roman: usynovítʹ
lang: Russian
word: удочеря́ть
roman: udočerjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: удочери́ть
roman: udočerítʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: uchd-mhacaich
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: усвојити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: usvojiti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: posvojiti
lang: Slovak
word: adoptovať
lang: Slovak
word: osvojiť si
lang: Spanish
word: adoptar
lang: Spanish
word: ahijar
lang: Swahili
word: panga
lang: Swedish
word: adoptera
lang: Tamil
word: தத்தெடு
roman: tatteṭu
lang: Telugu
word: పెంచుకొను
roman: peñcukonu
lang: Turkish
word: evlat edinmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: всино́влювати
roman: vsynóvljuvaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: усино́влювати
roman: usynóvljuvaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: вдочеря́ти
roman: vdočerjáty
lang: Ukrainian
word: удочеря́ти
roman: udočerjáty
lang: Vietnamese
word: nhận làm con nuôi
lang: Welsh
word: mabwysiadu
lang: Yiddish
word: אַדאָפּטירן
roman: adoptirn
lang: Zazaki
word: depıtene