Слово англійською: adopt

Дієслово

Переклад adopt українською: перейня́ти, запози́чити (сло́во і т. д.), прийма́ти (нові́ ме́тоди і т. д.), зайня́ти (пози́цію і т. д.), усинови́ти (хло́пчика), удочери́ти (ді́вчинку)

Детальний опис

adopt

verb

/əˈdɑːpt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they adopt	/əˈdɑːpt/
he / she / it adopts	/əˈdɑːpts/
past simple adopted	/əˈdɑːptɪd/
past participle adopted	/əˈdɑːptɪd/
-ing form adopting	/əˈdɑːptɪŋ/

child

[intransitive, transitive] to take somebody 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
She was forced to have her baby adopted.
She adopted three children from the orphanage.

compare foster

Collocations ChildrenChildrenHaving a baby/child

want a baby/a child/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/a home birth
be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins

Parenting

bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
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/good quality affordable childcare
balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
adopt a baby/child/kid
offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
(especially British English) foster a child/kid
be placed with/be raised by foster parents

Wordfinder

adopt
child
family
generation
heir
in-laws
parent
relation
stepfamily
surrogate mother

method

[transitive] adopt something to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards somebody/something

All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem.
Our study examined the strategies adopted by patients for seeking information.
The police adopted tighter security measures.
to adopt an attitude/stance/position

suggestion

[transitive] adopt something to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting

The government adopted a resolution on disarmament.
The council is expected to adopt the new policy at its next meeting.
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution.

new name/country

[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 Christians in Europe adopted many of the practices of the older, pagan religions.

way of behaving

[transitive] adopt something (formal) to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc.

He adopted an air of indifference.

candidate

[transitive] adopt somebody (as something) (British English, politics) to choose somebody as a candidate in an election; to choose somebody as your representative

She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green.
The people adopted him as their patron saint.

Word Originlate 15th cent.: via French from Latin adoptare, from ad- ‘to’ + optare ‘choose’.

EngV