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We found 8 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word adopts: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "adopts" is defined. General (6 matching dictionaries) Adopts, adopts: Wordnik [home, info] adopts: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info] adopts: Wiktionary [home, info] adopts: Dictionary.com [home, info] adopts: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info] adopts: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info] Business (1 matching dictionary) adopts: Legal dictionary [home, info] Medicine (1 matching dictionary) adopts: Medical dictionary [home, info] (Note: See adopt for more definitions.)

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") ▸ Also see adopt Test Your Skills -- Try the SAT Question of the Day.

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