'adopt' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'adopt' with 20 example sentences.
- adopt verb
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: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
: take up and practice as one's own
: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
: take into one's family
: put into dramatic form
: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
Adopting a Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
I didn't know I was adopted until I was thirteen.
The couple decided to adopt an orphan.
My wife wanted to adopt a child.
We've decided to adopt a child.
In the 6th century, the Anglo-Saxons adopted Roman characters.
Germany adopted a social security system in the 1880's.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we dislike.
You will save time if you adopt this new procedure.
The government adopted strong measures to fight inflation.
Why don't English speakers like to adopt English sentences?
They adopted a new method of teaching English in that school.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the cease-fire resolution.
Consider adopting an older pet.
The mother was cruel to her adopted son.
My plan was adopted by them.
We adopted an alternative method.
His proposals were adopted at the meeting.
The rich merchant adopted the boy and made him his heir.
We will adopt your method at our school.