Used in a Sentence

adopt

How to use adopt in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for adopt.

Editorial note

I think as companies get bigger, they feel like they need to adopt the Big Corp model.

Examples18
Definitions7
Parts of speech1

Quick take

choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of adopt gathered in one view.

verb

choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

verb

take up and practice as one's own

verb

take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for adopt.

verb

choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

verb

take up and practice as one's own

verb

take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"

verb

take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "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"

verb

take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

verb

put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

verb

take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

Example sentences

1

I think as companies get bigger, they feel like they need to adopt the Big Corp model.

2

However, it's a mantra that is self defeating as more investors adopt it.

3

There's no reason to force people to adopt your standards of living and geographic preferences to work with you.

4

I understand that jQuery wants to promote a modern framework, but people didn't adopt it for it's fancy features.

5

"We called on governments to adopt more humane and effective ways of controlling and regulating drugs.

6

Rather than deferring to Congress, the FCC chose to adopt a new rationale for its assertion of this authority.

7

And if you do adopt these habits there's nothing getting in your way from incorporating remote workers anyway.

8

This is a major part of what's now called "agency pricing," and the big 5 publishers and Apple colluded to force Amazon to adopt it several years ago.

9

And eliminate the problem of blueprints by adopting a strategy of inventing, not engineering.

10

Here's some insider info: It breaks ABI to adopt NetBSD types, skyrocketing compatibility with pkgsrc software.

11

Folk didn't adopt PHP because of some hand-wavy, post hoc, revisionist bullshit about linguistic evolution.

12

WebRTC, shared documents and better issue trackers... there's almost no excuse anymore not to adopt these habits even if you are a centrally-located team.

13

Ebooks are more profitable, but it's a more difficult market to control, so publishers are fighting Amazon and doing what they can to slow ebook adoption as much as possible.

14

These "solutions" are really just a way of governmental regulators, should they adopt the, acting on behalf of some narrow lobbing interest or other to choke a service that benefits countless others.

15

Nobody in government seriously thinks industry is ever going to adopt a government-controlled encryption algorithm.

16

My definition of it goes along the lines of, "the rules that humans living in a particular environment, starting with no preconceived notions, would voluntarily and near-universally adopt for their mutual benefit.

17

Congress overwhelmingly balked at the idea of any broad assertion of such authority and, in the back and forth, the FCC came up with the toe-in-the water approach just adopted to the satisfaction of almost no one. Even this assertion of jurisdiction will certainly be challenged in the courts in cases that will take years to decide, leaving this whole issue in a pathetic state of uncertainty for all concerned.

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On top of that with those useless patents they get to act as if they owned the whole of Android, and get to dictate manufacturers how to make their Android phones?I have no words for Microsoft, they're simply despicable and I don't know how anyone could support such a company that has proven time and time again they will adopt such tactics to destroy their competition.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use adopt in a sentence?

I think as companies get bigger, they feel like they need to adopt the Big Corp model.

What does adopt mean?

choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

What part of speech is adopt?

adopt is commonly used as verb.