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

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