adopt

adopt /ə'dɔpt/
  • ngoại động từ
    • nhận làm con nuôi; nhận làm bố mẹ nuôi
      • an adopted child: đứa con nuôi
      • he adopted the old man as his father: anh ấy nhận ông cụ làm bố nuôi
    • theo, làm theo
      • to a adopt new method of teaching: theo phương pháp giảng dạy mới
    • chọn (nghề, người cho một chức vị)
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) chấp nhận và thực hiện
      • to adopt a proposal: chấp nhận và thực hiện một đề nghị

 chấp nhận
 thông qua
Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 đỡ đầu

Xem thêm: follow, espouse, borrow, take over, take up, assume, take on, take over, assume, acquire, take on, take, take in, dramatize, dramatise, espouse, embrace, sweep up



adopt

Từ điển Collocation

adopt verb

1 child

ADV. legally The child has now been legally adopted.

PHRASES have sb adopted She was forced to have her baby adopted.

2 take and use sth

ADV. formally, officially The policy has not yet been formally adopted.

VERB + ADOPT tend to | decide to | be forced to

PREP. towards the policies employers adopt towards the labour force


Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; follow, espouse

    She followed the feminist movement

    The candidate espouses Republican ideals

  • take up and practice as one's own; borrow, take over, take up
  • take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; assume, take on, take over

    When will the new President assume office?

  • take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; assume, acquire, take on, take

    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

  • take into one's family; take in

    They adopted two children from Nicaragua

  • put into dramatic form; dramatize, dramatise

    adopt a book for a screenplay

  • take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; espouse, embrace, sweep up

    She embraced Catholicism

    They adopted the Jewish faith


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

adopts|adopted|adopting
syn.: assume choose reject