adopted Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
    follow; adopt; espouse.
    • She followed the feminist movement
    • The candidate espouses Republican ideals
  2. verb take up and practice as one's own
    take over; adopt; take up; borrow.
  3. verb take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
    assume; take on; take over; adopt.
    • When will the new President assume office?
  4. verb take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
    assume; take on; acquire; take; adopt.
    • 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
  5. verb take into one's family
    adopt; take in.
    • They adopted two children from Nicaragua
  6. verb put into dramatic form
    dramatize; adopt; dramatise.
    • adopt a book for a screenplay
  7. verb take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
    sweep up; adopt; embrace; espouse.
    • She embraced Catholicism
    • They adopted the Jewish faith
  8. adjective acquired as your own by free choice
    adoptive.
    • my adopted state
    • an adoptive country

WordNet


A*dopt"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word. -- A*dopt"ed*ly, adv.

Webster 1913