| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To assume, accept, admit or receive.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To embrace or espouse. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To choose or elect. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To carry or take. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To agree, approve, assent or consent.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Present participle conjugation of the verb adopt.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (adopt) | 1. Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.[Wordnet]. 2. Take up and practice as one's own.[Wordnet]. 3. Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities.[Wordnet]. 4. Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "he adopted an air of superiority".[Wordnet]. 5. Take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua".[Wordnet]. 6. Put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay".[Wordnet]. 7. Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "They adopted the Jewish faith".[Wordnet]. 8. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.[Websters]. 9. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.[Websters]. 10. Base verb from the following inflections: adopting, adopted, adopts, adopter, adopters, adoptingly and adoptedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being accompanying.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being entertaining. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being following. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being enduring or abiding.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ADOPTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1584. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ADOPTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Taking a stranger as a son; taking as one's own.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of adopt. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: adopt
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Adopt a Sniper | American Snipers (formerly Adopt a Sniper) is an organization that provides gear for military and police snipers. The organization has been featured on numerous news magazines such as Fox News and CNN. They take donations over the internet as well as hosting "shot shows" where they raise money and display their talents. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: adopt | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| USS Adopt (AM-137) | 11 | Adopt a Highway | 8 | |
| Adopt a Highway | 8 | USS Adopt (AM-137) | 11 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
