DICTOMETER

ADOPTERE (Norwegian for "adopt")

(adopt, adoptar, ahijar)

1. Synonyms:
   • Adopt
   • Follow
   • Espouse
   Definitions:
   • choose and follow
   • as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
   Examples:
   • She followed the feminist movement
   • The candidate espouses Republican ideals
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Adopt
   • Borrow
   • Take over
   • Take up
   Definitions:
   • take up and practice as one's own
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Assume
   • Adopt
   • Take on
   • Take over
   Definitions:
   • take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
   Examples:
   • When will the new President assume office?
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Assume
   • Acquire
   • Adopt
   • Take on
   • Take
   Definitions:
   • take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Adopt
   • Take in
   Definitions:
   • take into one's family
   Examples:
   • They adopted two children from Nicaragua
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Dramatize
   • Dramatise
   • Adopt
   Definitions:
   • put into dramatic form
   Examples:
   • Adopt a book for a screenplay
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Espouse
   • Embrace
   • Adopt
   • Sweep up
   Definitions:
   • take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
   Examples:
   • She embraced Catholicism
   • They adopted the Jewish faith