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Meaning adopt meaning
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Synonyms adopt synonyms
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Topics adopt topics
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Conjugation adopt conjugation
How do you conjugate adopt?
adopt · verb
Present I adopt
Positive I adopt
Singular
1st person I adopt
2nd person you adopt
3rd person he/she/it adopts
Plural
1st person we adopt
2nd person you adopt
3rd person they adopt
Negative I don't adopt
Singular
1st person I don't adopt I do not adopt
2nd person you don't adopt you do not adopt
3rd person he/she/it doesn't adopt he/she/it does not adopt
Plural
1st person we don't adopt we do not adopt
2nd person you don't adopt you do not adopt
3rd person they don't adopt they do not adopt
Question do I adopt?
Singular
1st person do I adopt?
2nd person do you adopt?
3rd person does he/she/it adopt?
Plural
1st person do we adopt?
2nd person do you adopt?
3rd person do they adopt?
Negative question don't I adopt?
Singular
1st person don't I adopt? do I not adopt?
2nd person don't you adopt? do you not adopt?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it adopt? does he/she/it not adopt?
Plural
1st person don't we adopt? do we not adopt?
2nd person don't you adopt? do you not adopt?
3rd person don't they adopt? do they not adopt?
Past I adopted
Positive I adopted
Singular
1st person I adopted
2nd person you adopted
3rd person he/she/it adopted
Plural
1st person we adopted
2nd person you adopted
3rd person they adopted
Negative I didn't adopt
Singular
1st person I didn't adopt I did not adopt
2nd person you didn't adopt you did not adopt
3rd person he/she/it didn't adopt he/she/it did not adopt
Plural
1st person we didn't adopt we did not adopt
2nd person you didn't adopt you did not adopt
3rd person they didn't adopt they did not adopt
Question did I adopt?
Singular
1st person did I adopt?
2nd person did you adopt?
3rd person did he/she/it adopt?
Plural
1st person did we adopt?
2nd person did you adopt?
3rd person did they adopt?
Negative question didn't I adopt?
Singular
1st person didn't I adopt? did I not adopt?
2nd person didn't you adopt? did you not adopt?
3rd person didn't he/she/it adopt? did he/she/it not adopt?
Plural
1st person didn't we adopt? did we not adopt?
2nd person didn't you adopt? did you not adopt?
3rd person didn't they adopt? did they not adopt?
Future I'll adopt
Positive I'll adopt
Singular
1st person I'll adopt I will adopt
2nd person you'll adopt you will adopt
3rd person he/she/it'll adopt he/she/it will adopt
Plural
1st person we'll adopt we will adopt
2nd person you'll adopt you will adopt
3rd person they'll adopt they will adopt
Negative I won't adopt
Singular
1st person I won't adopt I will not adopt
2nd person you won't adopt you will not adopt
3rd person he/she/it won't adopt he/she/it will not adopt
Plural
1st person we won't adopt we will not adopt
2nd person you won't adopt you will not adopt
3rd person they won't adopt they will not adopt
Question will I adopt?
Singular
1st person will I adopt?
2nd person will you adopt?
3rd person will he/she/it adopt?
Plural
1st person will we adopt?
2nd person will you adopt?
3rd person will they adopt?
Negative question won't I adopt?
Singular
1st person won't I adopt? will I not adopt?
2nd person won't you adopt? will you not adopt?
3rd person won't he/she/it adopt? will he/she/it not adopt?
Plural
1st person won't we adopt? will we not adopt?
2nd person won't you adopt? will you not adopt?
3rd person won't they adopt? will they not adopt?
Conditional I'd adopt
Positive I'd adopt
Singular
1st person I'd adopt I would adopt
2nd person you'd adopt you would adopt
3rd person he/she/it'd adopt he/she/it would adopt
Plural
1st person we'd adopt we would adopt
2nd person you'd adopt you would adopt
3rd person they'd adopt they would adopt
Negative I wouldn't adopt
Singular
1st person I wouldn't adopt I would not adopt
2nd person you wouldn't adopt you would not adopt
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't adopt he/she/it would not adopt
Plural
1st person we wouldn't adopt we would not adopt
2nd person you wouldn't adopt you would not adopt
3rd person they wouldn't adopt they would not adopt
Question would I adopt?
Singular
1st person would I adopt?
2nd person would you adopt?
3rd person would he/she/it adopt?
Plural
1st person would we adopt?
2nd person would you adopt?
3rd person would they adopt?
Negative question wouldn't I adopt?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I adopt? would I not adopt?
2nd person wouldn't you adopt? would you not adopt?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it adopt? would he/she/it not adopt?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we adopt? would we not adopt?
2nd person wouldn't you adopt? would you not adopt?
3rd person wouldn't they adopt? would they not adopt?
Present continuous I'm adopting
Positive I'm adopting
Singular
1st person I'm adopting I am adopting
2nd person you're adopting you are adopting
3rd person he/she/it's adopting he/she/it is adopting
Plural
1st person we're adopting we are adopting
2nd person you're adopting you are adopting
3rd person they're adopting they are adopting
Negative I'm not adopting
Singular
1st person I'm not adopting I am not adopting
2nd person you aren't adopting you're not adopting you are not adopting
3rd person he/she/it isn't adopting he/she/it's not adopting he/she/it is not adopting
Plural
1st person we aren't adopting we're not adopting we are not adopting
2nd person you aren't adopting you're not adopting you are not adopting
3rd person they aren't adopting they're not adopting they are not adopting
Question am I adopting?
Singular
1st person am I adopting?
2nd person are you adopting?
3rd person is he/she/it adopting?
Plural
1st person are we adopting?
2nd person are you adopting?
3rd person are they adopting?
Negative question aren't I adopting?
Singular
1st person aren't I adopting? am I not adopting?
2nd person aren't you adopting? are you not adopting?
3rd person isn't he/she/it adopting? is he/she/it not adopting?
Plural
1st person aren't we adopting? are we not adopting?
2nd person aren't you adopting? are you not adopting?
3rd person aren't they adopting? are they not adopting?
Past continuous I was adopting
Positive I was adopting
Singular
1st person I was adopting
2nd person you were adopting
3rd person he/she/it was adopting
Plural
1st person we were adopting
2nd person you were adopting
3rd person they were adopting
Negative I wasn't adopting
Singular
1st person I wasn't adopting I was not adopting
2nd person you weren't adopting you were not adopting
3rd person he/she/it wasn't adopting he/she/it was not adopting
Plural
1st person we weren't adopting we were not adopting
2nd person you weren't adopting you were not adopting
3rd person they weren't adopting they were not adopting
Question was I adopting?
Singular
1st person was I adopting?
2nd person were you adopting?
3rd person was he/she/it adopting?
Plural
1st person were we adopting?
2nd person were you adopting?
3rd person were they adopting?
Negative question wasn't I adopting?
Singular
1st person wasn't I adopting? was I not adopting?
2nd person weren't you adopting? were you not adopting?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it adopting? was he/she/it not adopting?
Plural
1st person weren't we adopting? were we not adopting?
2nd person weren't you adopting? were you not adopting?
3rd person weren't they adopting? were they not adopting?
Future continuous I'll be adopting
Positive I'll be adopting
Singular
1st person I'll be adopting I will be adopting
2nd person you'll be adopting you will be adopting
3rd person he/she/it'll be adopting he/she/it will be adopting
Plural
1st person we'll be adopting we will be adopting
2nd person you'll be adopting you will be adopting
3rd person they'll be adopting they will be adopting
Negative I won't be adopting
Singular
1st person I won't be adopting I will not be adopting
2nd person you won't be adopting you will not be adopting
3rd person he/she/it won't be adopting he/she/it will not be adopting
Plural
1st person we won't be adopting we will not be adopting
2nd person you won't be adopting you will not be adopting
3rd person they won't be adopting they will not be adopting
Question will I be adopting?
Singular
1st person will I be adopting?
2nd person will you be adopting?
3rd person will he/she/it be adopting?
Plural
1st person will we be adopting?
2nd person will you be adopting?
3rd person will they be adopting?
Negative question won't I be adopting?
Singular
1st person won't I be adopting? will I not be adopting?
2nd person won't you be adopting? will you not be adopting?
3rd person won't he/she/it be adopting? will he/she/it not be adopting?
Plural
1st person won't we be adopting? will we not be adopting?
2nd person won't you be adopting? will you not be adopting?
3rd person won't they be adopting? will they not be adopting?
Conditional continuous I'd be adopting
Positive I'd be adopting
Singular
1st person I'd be adopting I would be adopting
2nd person you'd be adopting you would be adopting
3rd person he/she/it'd be adopting he/she/it would be adopting
Plural
1st person we'd be adopting we would be adopting
2nd person you'd be adopting you would be adopting
3rd person they'd be adopting they would be adopting
Negative I wouldn't be adopting
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be adopting I would not be adopting
2nd person you wouldn't be adopting you would not be adopting
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be adopting he/she/it would not be adopting
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be adopting we would not be adopting
2nd person you wouldn't be adopting you would not be adopting
3rd person they wouldn't be adopting they would not be adopting
Question would I be adopting?
Singular
1st person would I be adopting?
2nd person would you be adopting?
3rd person would he/she/it be adopting?
Plural
1st person would we be adopting?
2nd person would you be adopting?
3rd person would they be adopting?
Negative question wouldn't I be adopting?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be adopting? would I not be adopting?
2nd person wouldn't you be adopting? would you not be adopting?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be adopting? would he/she/it not be adopting?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be adopting? would we not be adopting?
2nd person wouldn't you be adopting? would you not be adopting?
3rd person wouldn't they be adopting? would they not be adopting?
Present perfect I've adopted
Positive I've adopted
Singular
1st person I've adopted I have adopted
2nd person you've adopted you have adopted
3rd person he/she/it's adopted he/she/it has adopted
Plural
1st person we've adopted we have adopted
2nd person you've adopted you have adopted
3rd person they've adopted they have adopted
Negative I haven't adopted
Singular
1st person I haven't adopted I have not adopted
2nd person you haven't adopted you have not adopted
3rd person he/she/it hasn't adopted he/she/it has not adopted
Plural
1st person we haven't adopted we have not adopted
2nd person you haven't adopted you have not adopted
3rd person they haven't adopted they have not adopted
Question have I adopted?
Singular
1st person have I adopted?
2nd person have you adopted?
3rd person has he/she/it adopted?
Plural
1st person have we adopted?
2nd person have you adopted?
3rd person have they adopted?
Negative question haven't I adopted?
Singular
1st person haven't I adopted? have I not adopted?
2nd person haven't you adopted? have you not adopted?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it adopted? has he/she/it not adopted?
Plural
1st person haven't we adopted? have we not adopted?
2nd person haven't you adopted? have you not adopted?
3rd person haven't they adopted? have they not adopted?
Past perfect I had adopted
Positive I had adopted
Singular
1st person I had adopted
2nd person you had adopted
3rd person he/she/it had adopted
Plural
1st person we had adopted
2nd person you had adopted
3rd person they had adopted
Negative I hadn't adopted
Singular
1st person I hadn't adopted I had not adopted
2nd person you hadn't adopted you had not adopted
3rd person he/she/it hadn't adopted he/she/it had not adopted
Plural
1st person we hadn't adopted we had not adopted
2nd person you hadn't adopted you had not adopted
3rd person they hadn't adopted they had not adopted
Question had I adopted?
Singular
1st person had I adopted?
2nd person had you adopted?
3rd person had he/she/it adopted?
Plural
1st person had we adopted?
2nd person had you adopted?
3rd person had they adopted?
Negative question hadn't I adopted?
Singular
1st person hadn't I adopted? had I not adopted?
2nd person hadn't you adopted? had you not adopted?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it adopted? had he/she/it not adopted?
Plural
1st person hadn't we adopted? had we not adopted?
2nd person hadn't you adopted? had you not adopted?
3rd person hadn't they adopted? had they not adopted?
Future perfect I'll have adopted
Positive I'll have adopted
Singular
1st person I'll have adopted I will have adopted
2nd person you'll have adopted you will have adopted
3rd person he/she/it'll have adopted he/she/it will have adopted
Plural
1st person we'll have adopted we will have adopted
2nd person you'll have adopted you will have adopted
3rd person they'll have adopted they will have adopted
Negative I won't have adopted
Singular
1st person I won't have adopted I will not have adopted
2nd person you won't have adopted you will not have adopted
3rd person he/she/it won't have adopted he/she/it will not have adopted
Plural
1st person we won't have adopted we will not have adopted
2nd person you won't have adopted you will not have adopted
3rd person they won't have adopted they will not have adopted
Question +'ll I have adopted?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have adopted? will I have adopted?
2nd person +'ll you have adopted? will you have adopted?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have adopted? will he/she/it have adopted?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have adopted? will we have adopted?
2nd person +'ll you have adopted? will you have adopted?
3rd person +'ll they have adopted? will they have adopted?
Negative question won't I have adopted?
Singular
1st person won't I have adopted? will I not have adopted?
2nd person won't you have adopted? will you not have adopted?
3rd person won't he/she/it have adopted? will he/she/it not have adopted?
Plural
1st person won't we have adopted? will we not have adopted?
2nd person won't you have adopted? will you not have adopted?
3rd person won't they have adopted? will they not have adopted?
Conditional perfect I'd have adopted
Positive I'd have adopted
Singular
1st person I'd have adopted I would have adopted
2nd person you'd have adopted you would have adopted
3rd person he/she/it'd have adopted he/she/it would have adopted
Plural
1st person we'd have adopted we would have adopted
2nd person you'd have adopted you would have adopted
3rd person they'd have adopted they would have adopted
Negative I wouldn't have adopted
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have adopted I would not have adopted
2nd person you wouldn't have adopted you would not have adopted
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have adopted he/she/it would not have adopted
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have adopted we would not have adopted
2nd person you wouldn't have adopted you would not have adopted
3rd person they wouldn't have adopted they would not have adopted
Question would I have adopted?
Singular
1st person would I have adopted?
2nd person would you have adopted?
3rd person would he/she/it have adopted?
Plural
1st person would we have adopted?
2nd person would you have adopted?
3rd person would they have adopted?
Negative question wouldn't I have adopted?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have adopted? would I not have adopted?
2nd person wouldn't you have adopted? would you not have adopted?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have adopted? would he/she/it not have adopted?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have adopted? would we not have adopted?
2nd person wouldn't you have adopted? would you not have adopted?
3rd person wouldn't they have adopted? would they not have adopted?
Imperative adopt!
Positive
you adopt!
we let's adopt!
Negative
you don't adopt!
we let's not adopt!
Examples adopt examples
How do I use adopt in a sentence?
Simple sentences
My wife wants to adopt a child.
How can I improve my English, is there any easy way that I can adopt to improve it?
If you can't have children, you could always adopt.
You will save time if you adopt this new procedure.
My wife wanted to adopt a child.
My advice is to adopt a new line.
The couple decided to adopt an orphan.
They decided to adopt a child rather than having one of their own.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we dislike.
The couple had made a decision to adopt a child.
Since they had no children of their own, they decided to adopt a girl.
Since this isn't your native language, I'd suggest unowning this sentence, leaving it free for a native speaker to adopt. This way we can all be confident that it's a good sentence.
If it is not absolutely necessary to enact a law, it is absolutely necessary to not adopt a law.
That's the wrong tone to adopt with me.
This is one of the reasons why the Tatoeba Project asks members not to adopt orphan sentences in languages other than their own native language.
We will adopt your method at our school.
Since they had no children of their own, they decided to adopt a little girl.
I think it's better for us to adopt his plan.
Tom was hoping the committee would adopt his proposal.
I can't adopt your view.
We've decided to adopt a child.
Tom and Mary decided to adopt John.
To adopt a sentence, click on the white person icon.
Movie subtitles
Yeah, yeah, like, by the end of this, they're going to want to adopt you.
Well, of course, if you want to adopt that attitude.
I must admit that your intent to adopt Ernest came at the right moment.
Because I want to adopt Ernest.
He shall adopt him.
Lucy, haven't you perfectly well understood that I don't intend to go into a business or adopt a profession?
George! You struck just the right treatment to adopt, you're doing just the right thing.
Naturally, we will oppose any move to adopt this boy.
What's he want you to do, adopt him?
Can I adopt your little kitten?
Maybe you could adopt one.
Who's gonna adopt Roderigues?
Once they do, they adopt an extraordinary military tactic.
King Charles wishes to adopt Marshal Bernadotte as his beloved son. and receive him as a Crown Princes.
I'll adopt Tina legally.
Adopt?
You adopt Tina?
Perhaps our Timba will adopt the poor little thing.
I expected you to counsel Mrs. Quimp, not to adopt her.
Why can't you adopt it?
Bessie Watty. Do you mean to say that if I should adopt this child.
You are what? I am going to adopt the child. What the devil do you take me for.
And even adopt her name.
As a matter of fact, I was gonna adopt you if you could only cook.
We should adopt the system before Kaihatsu does.
Someone will adopt it.
I can become Miss Apley again and adopt them.
I guess I can adopt my own children.
If you're going to adopt that tone.
Have you decided to adopt me or something?
They want to adopt a baby?
About eight months. And you tried to adopt a child!
Great Scott, if we were foolish enough. to swallow that other venal belief. nobody would ever either adopt a child or even have children of their own. like that sweet little girl she has, for example.
News and current affairs
Faced with a new EU initiative, our traditional response has often been to oppose it, vote against it, lose the vote, then sulkily to adopt it while blaming everyone else.
With French leadership, 2011 offers a golden opportunity for the most important capital markets to adopt clear, precise rules requiring full financial disclosure by extractive-industry companies to governmental authorities.
As a result, corporate capitalism is rapidly becoming obsolete, replaced by a creative capitalism in which entrepreneurship, combined with a greater willingness to adopt innovations, transforms the business landscape.
Increasing risk aversion is leading economic agents to adopt a wait-and-see stance that makes the slowdown partly self-fulfilling.
No one forced Argentina to adopt the currency board devised by Domingo Cavallo, the former economy minister, which pegged the peso to the dollar at a fixed exchange rate of one to one.
They realize that the al-Saud must choose: continue on the narrow path of repression and ethnic and religious intolerance, or adopt a more open and inclusive policy.
Intransigent opposition by anti-science, anti-technology activists - Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and a few other groups - has spurred already risk-averse regulators to adopt an overly cautious approach that has stalled approvals.
The more that these countries can invest while ensuring macroeconomic stability and balance-of-payments sustainability, the faster they can adopt better technology and production processes.
It is not too late to adopt it.
Meanwhile, people would be asked to adopt as many dogs as possible.
Lukashenko may have to adopt the Russian ruble, at least as a reserve currency.
Scientists and engineers who work on climate change stress that governments need to adopt two main responses.
The world's governments will meet in Montreal at the end of November to plot the next steps, including specific measures that the world could adopt if the Bush administration abandoned its willful neglect of this critical issue.
In the UK, the diplomatic spat served as an occasion for the British press to air criticism from those who believe that the government should adopt a stronger stance on China.
Productivity growth increased substantially in these countries over time, which persuaded Continental Europe to adopt reforms of its own, often pushed by the European Commission.
Developing countries have lagged behind in this process, but, with the common threat of global warming, there is now growing pressure to adopt conservation policies.
In such a difficult domestic situation, North Korea's leaders may adopt more hostile policies to obtain economic aid from both South Korea and the United States.
At this stage, the best course would be to adopt a credible multi-year plan, based on reasonable but conservative growth assumptions, to reduce deficits to sustainable levels and limit the accumulation of public debt.
Indeed, the only viable long-term strategy to adopt, therefore, is to stop trying to isolate Iran and instead nudge Iranians into engaging more with modern Asia.
Such an approach is also compatible with Chinese policy, which has been to pressure North Korea to adopt its model of economic reform.
To save the planet, we need to induce power suppliers to adopt low-carbon energy sources despite coal's lower price and greater ease of use.
The research of Madrian and her colleagues suggests that the new pension plans will improve saving in the countries that adopt them.
They can adopt a longer time horizon, because, unlike private fund managers, they do not have to satisfy impatient investors.
But its other intention was probably to stymie American efforts to adopt new United Nations sanctions on Iran.
What would be helpful in this respect is an objective FDI Protectionism Observatory that monitors FDI protectionist measures and names and shames countries that adopt them.