adopt
verbEtymology
Definitions
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
- A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
- He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates.
To select and take or approve.
- to adopt the view or policy of another
- These are resolutions that were adopted.
- Every society should adopt an order of business adapted to its special wants.
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To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
- The match was not even close; the IM made amateurish blunders and ended up getting adopted.
- Nakamura 'Adopts' Komodo On Fathers Day: 20.5-2.5
- Wednesday's event will offer the Russian grandmaster three opportunities to adopt Rensch, though just like in the Speed Chess Championship, Nepomniachtchi will have to race against the clock.
Clipping of adoptable.
The neighborhood
- neighboradoptee
- neighboradoption
- neighboradoptive
- neighboradoptive father
- neighboradoptive mother
- neighboradopt out
Derived
adoptability, adoptable, adoptance, adoptaversary, adoptedly, adoptianism, adoptious, adoptor, nonadopted, nonadopting, preadopt, readopt, unadopt
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at adopt. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at adopt. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at adopt
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA