Adopt

Definition

adopt / ǝ'dɒpt / v ၁။ ေမြးစားသည္။ Having no children of their own they were hoping to adopt (an orphan). ❍ Paul's mother had him adopted as a baby because she couldn't look after him herself. ❍ He is their adopted son. Compare FOSTER ၂ ၂။ ခံယူသည္။ အပိုင္ယူသည္။ ရပ္တည္သည္။ adopt a name/a custom/an idea/a style of dress ❍ adopt a hard line towards terrorists ❍ This is her adopted country (ie not her native country but the one in which she has chosen to live). ၃။ ~ sb as sth ေရြးခ်ယ္သည္။ She has been adopted as Labour candidate for York. ၄။ သေဘာတူလက္ခံသည္။ Congress voted to adopt the new measures. ❏ adoption / ǝ'dɒpʃn / n [C,U] ေမြးစားျခင္း။ ေရြးခ်ယ္ျခင္း။ လက္ခံျခင္း။ offer a child for adoption ❍ her adoption as Labour candidate for York ❍ the country of her adoption ❍ the committee's adoption of the proposal. ❏ adoptive adj ေမြးစား။ his adoptive parents.

Examples

1. He decided to adopt a more radical approach to the problem.
2. Parliament unanimously adopted the committee’s proposals.
3. When questioned
4. he adopted a very aggressive attitude.
5. The couple are hoping to adopt a baby girl.
6. He was 18 when he found out he had been adopted.
7. She has adopted Japan as her home.
8. Kelly was adopted as the candidate for Bolton West.