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{
"term": "adopt",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "adopt",
"heSheIt": "adopts"
},
"pastSimple": "adopted",
"pastParticiple": "adopted",
"ingForm": "adopting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to take somebody else’s child into your family and become its legal parent(s)",
"sensetop": "adopt somebody",
"labels": "(especially US English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt"
},
{
"text": "to adopt a child",
"contextForm": "adopt somebody"
},
{
"text": "She was forced to have her baby adopted."
},
{
"text": "She adopted three children from the orphanage."
},
{
"text": "We would like to adopt a child."
},
{
"text": "The child has now been legally adopted."
},
{
"text": "The couple adopted two children."
}
],
"topics": ["Life stages", "Law and justice", "Family and relationships"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["legally"],
"phrases": ["have somebody adopted"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards somebody/something",
"sensetop": "adopt something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "All three teams **adopted** different **approaches** to the problem."
},
{
"text": "Our study examined the **strategies adopted** by patients for seeking information."
},
{
"text": "The police adopted tighter security measures."
},
{
"text": "to adopt an attitude/stance/position"
},
{
"text": "We could not agree on the best methods to adopt."
},
{
"text": "He smiled and adopted a more casual tone of voice."
},
{
"text": "The new manager adopted a very autocratic style."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["formally", "officially"],
"verb + adopt": ["tend to", "decide to", "be forced to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting",
"sensetop": "adopt something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The government **adopted a resolution** on disarmament."
},
{
"text": "The council is expected to **adopt** the new **policy** at its next meeting."
},
{
"text": "The UN Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution."
},
{
"text": "The policy has not yet been formally adopted."
},
{
"text": "What position do you adopt on this issue?"
},
{
"text": "the policies employers adopt towards the labour force"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to choose a new name, a country, a custom, etc. and begin to use it as your own",
"sensetop": "adopt something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **adopt a name/title/language**"
},
{
"text": "Early Christians in Europe adopted many of the practices of the older, pagan religions."
},
{
"text": "The royal family adopted the name of Windsor early in the last century."
},
{
"text": "He adopted the dress and manners of an Englishman."
},
{
"text": "The party adopted its current name in 1965."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["formally", "officially"],
"verb + adopt": ["tend to", "decide to", "be forced to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc.",
"sensetop": "adopt something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He adopted an air of indifference."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to choose somebody as a candidate in an election; to choose somebody as your representative",
"sensetop": "adopt somebody (as something)",
"labels": "(British English, politics)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green."
},
{
"text": "The people adopted him as their patron saint."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdɒpt/",
"audio": "ad/adopt/adopt__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdɒpts/",
"audio": "ad/adopt/adopts__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdɒptɪd/",
"audio": "ad/adopt/adopted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdɒptɪŋ/",
"audio": "ad/adopt/adopting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdɑːpt/",
"audio": "ad/adopt/adopt__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdɑːpts/",
"audio": "ad/adopt/adopts__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdɑːptɪd/",
"audio": "ad/adopt/adopted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdɑːptɪŋ/",
"audio": "ad/adopt/adopting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: via French from Latin adoptare, from ad- ‘to’ + optare ‘choose’."
}