We found 32 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word adopt:
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 General (22 matching dictionaries)
- adopt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- adopt: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- adopt: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Adopt: Wiktionary [home, info]
- adopt: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- adopt: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- adopt: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- adopt: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- adopt: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- adopt: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- Adopt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Adopt: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- adopt: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- adopt: Rhymezone [home, info]
- adopt: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- adopt: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- adopt: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- adopt: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- adopt: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- adopt: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- adopt: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- adopt: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Business (5 matching dictionaries)
- Adopt: MoneyGlossary.com [home, info]
- adopt: Law.com Dictionary [home, info]
- adopt: Everybody's Legal Dictionary [home, info]
- Adopt: THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM [home, info]
- adopt: Legal dictionary [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- adopt: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
- ADOPT: MT DESK Medical/Drugs/Surgical Terms [home, info]
- ADOPT: Medical dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
- adopt: Sound-Alike Words [home, info]
- ADOPT: Acronym Finder [home, info]
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Quick definitions (adopt)
▸ verb: take up and practice as one's own
▸ verb: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
▸ verb: take into one's family ("They adopted two children from Nicaragua")
▸ verb: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
▸ verb: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect ("He adopted an air of superiority")
▸ verb: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own ("They adopted the Jewish faith")
▸ verb: put into dramatic form ("Adopt a book for a screenplay")
▸ U.S. pronunciation (credits)
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