adopt

Other forms of adopt

past tense

adopted·

present participle

adopting·

third person

adopts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about adopt

What does adopt mean?

adopt means "choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in adopt?

adopt has 2 syllables: a-dopt. The stress falls on "dopt". In IPA it is /əˈdɑpt/.

What is another word for adopt?

Close synonyms include follow, espouse, borrow, take over, take up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adopt a common word?

adopt is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.