adopt
UK
/əˈdɒpt/US /əˈdɑpt/adopt
VERBDefinition of adopt
If you adopt something, you choose and begin to use it instead of what you used in the past.
Example: Now that we know they work, it is important that these policies be adopted by other districts.
If you adopt a child, you make them part of your own family.
Example: They finally quit trying to have their own child and ended up adopting a baby girl.
adopt
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Now that we know they work, it is important that these policies be adopted by other districts.
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The outcome depends entirely on the approach you adopt.
Example sentence3
They finally quit trying to have their own child and ended up adopting a baby girl.
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