adopt: significado e definições

To take into one's family through legal means and raise as one's own child.

To take and follow (a course of action, for example) by choice or assent: adopt a new technique.

To take up and make one's own: adopt a new idea.

To take on or assume: adopted an air of importance.

To vote to accept: adopt a resolution.

To choose as standard or required in a course: adopt a new line of English textbooks.