to adopt
440
3.2
- verb
- /əˈdɑpt/
:
adoptar
- We merely propose the guidelines and the states adopt the measures on their own.
- adopt policies
- adopt an approach
- adopt a strategy
What are the habits that I can adopt to support my health?
- What are the habits that I can adopt to support my health?
- So basically the Amish are adopting the flip cell phone.
- And so that's why you see her allies adopting the same message.
- We're going to we're going to adopt this policy of ridicule.
- Indeed, the big food manufacturers have adopted the Big Tobacco playbook.
- It's this unit of account that over hundreds of years people adopt until they don't.
- So Atlanta has been a success in terms of adopting the things we proposed.
- They're just adopting these umbrella sort of beliefs.
- Now the Allies have adopted a new strategy.
Examples
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Presently, the Common Core Standards have been adopted by most states in the union.
Academic text (2012) -
Next section that I highly recommend you adopt is a freedom section.
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What are the habits that I can adopt to support my health?
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I am eager to see people adopt the new material.
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So I'm going to adopt your one hour rule, OK?
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So most states would essentially adopt what the NAIC says.
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Not surprisingly, Metis is a natural fit for schools adopting the Common Core State Standards.
Academic text (2013) -
On September 8, 2000, the world's heads of state adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
Academic text (2008) -
The crop was maintained free from weeds, diseases, and pests by adopting appropriate plant protection measures.
Academic text (2015) -
Many organizations are beginning to adopt remote work policies to improve employee satisfaction.
Synonyms
390
3.9
To accept and start to use an idea or way of life
107
2.6
To take an idea or method from someone else and use it as your own
52
7.8
To accept and support a belief, cause, or way of life
1
6.5
To quickly accept an idea and focus on it
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Accepted
- US
16
7.1
515
3.7
440
3.2
12
3.3
∞
1.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word adopt comes from Latin ad- 'to' and optare 'choose', the same root as option and opt, so to adopt a new idea is to choose it and make it your own.