| VERB | possession | adopt, follow, espouse | choose and follow |
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| possession | adopt, borrow, take over, take up | take up and practice as one's own | |
| social | adopt, assume, take on, take over | take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities | |
| change | adopt, assume, acquire, take on, take | take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | |
| change | adopt, take in | take into one's family | |
| creation | adopt, dramatize, dramatise | put into dramatic form | |
| cognition | adopt, espouse, embrace, sweep up | take up the cause, ideology / ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own |
| Sounds | ahdaa'pt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | chopped ... topped: 7 rhymes with aapt... | |
| Meaning | choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | follow, espouse | |
| Narrower | adhere, stick | Be a devoted follower or supporter |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Similar to | comply, follow, abide by | Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes |
| Spanish | adoptar, seguir, tomar | |
| Catalan | adoptar, prendre | |
| Nouns | adoption | the act of accepting with approval |
| Meaning | take up and practice as one's own. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Synonyms | borrow, take over, take up | |
| Broader | accept, take, have | Receive willingly something given or offered |
| Spanish | adoptar, apropiarse | |
| Catalan | adoptar, apropiar-se, manllevar | |
| Adjectives | adoptive | acquired as your own by free choice |
| Nouns | adoption | the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source / source |
| Meaning | take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | assume, take on, take over | |
| Narrower | resume | assume anew |
| Broader | take office | assume an office, duty, or title |
| Spanish | adoptar, adquirir, asumir, tomar | |
| Catalan | adoptar, adquirir, assumir, prendre | |
| Meaning | take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "he adopted an air of superiority" | |
| Synonyms | assume, acquire, take on, take | |
| Narrower | re-assume | take on again, as after a time lapse |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | adoptar, adquirir, asumir | |
| Catalan | adoptar, adquirir, assumir | |
| Meaning | Take into one's family. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" | |
| Synonym | take in | |
| Broader | take | Take into one's possession |
| Spanish | adoptar, ahijar | |
| Catalan | adoptar, afillar | |
| Adjectives | adoptable | suitable or eligible for adoption |
| adoptive | of parents and children | |
| Nouns | adoptee | someone (such as a child) who has been adopted |
| adopter | a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child | |
| adoption | a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood | |
| Meaning | put into dramatic form. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Did he adopt his major works over a short period of time? | |
| Example | "adopt a book for a screenplay" | |
| Synonyms | dramatize, dramatise | |
| Category | writing, authorship, composition, penning | The act of creating written works |
| Broader | write, compose, pen, indite | produce a literary work |
| Spanish | adaptar, dramatizar, escenificar | |
| Catalan | adaptar, dramatitzar, escenificar | |
| Meaning | take up the cause, ideology / ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "They adopted the Jewish faith" | |
| Synonyms | espouse, embrace, sweep up | |
| Narrower | take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on | Adopt |
| Broader | accept | Consider or hold as true |
| Spanish | abrazar, adherirse a, adoptar | |
| Catalan | abraçar, adherir-se, adoptar | |
| Nouns | adoption | the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source / source |
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