- 1[intransitive, transitive] to take someone else's child into your family and become its legal parent(s) a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt adopt somebody to adopt a child Topic CollocationsChildrenhaving a baby/child
- want (to have) a baby/a child/children/kids
- start a family
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
- miss your period
- become/get/ be/find out that you are pregnant
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult birth/labor
- be in/go into/induce labor
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
- give birth to a child/a baby/a daughter/a son/twins
- bring up/raise a child/a family
- care for/watch a baby/child/kid
- change a diaper/a baby
- nurse/feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
- go back/return to work after maternity leave
- need/find/get a babysitter/high-quality, affordable childcare/a nanny
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family (life)
- educate/teach/home-school a child/a kid/children
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/a kid/children
- adopt/foster a baby/a child/a kid/children
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents
method - 2[transitive] adopt something to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude toward someone or something All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem.
- 3[transitive] adopt something to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting to adopt a resolution The council is expected to adopt the new policy at its next meeting. new name/country
- 4[transitive] adopt something to choose a new name, a country, a custom, etc. and begin to use it as your own to adopt a name/title/language Early settlers adopted many of the farming methods of the Native Americans. way of behaving
- 5[transitive] adopt something (formal) to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc. He adopted an air of indifference.
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NAmE//əˈdɑpt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they adopt he / she / it adopts
past simple adopted
-ing form adopting
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