1.  adopt(v = verb.possession) espouse, follow - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
is one way to choose, pick out, select, take
Derived form noun adoption₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  adopt(v = verb.possession) borrow, take over, take up - take up and practice as one's own;
is one way to accept, have, take
Derived forms noun adoption₃, adjective adoptive₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody

3.  adopt(v = verb.social) assume, take on, take over - take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
is one way to take office
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  adopt(v = verb.change) acquire, assume, take, take on - take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
is one way to change
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

5.  adopt(v = verb.change) take in - take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
is one way to take
Derived forms adjective adoptable₁, noun adoptee₁, noun adopter₁, noun adoption₂, adjective adoptive₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP

6.  adopt(v = verb.creation) dramatise, dramatize - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
is one way to compose, indite, pen, write
Sample sentences: Did he adopt his major works over a short period of time?

7.  adopt(v = verb.cognition) embrace, espouse, sweep up - take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
is one way to accept
Derived form noun adoption₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. [1913 Webster]

2.  To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted. [1913 Webster]

adopt, v.tr.
1 take (a person) into a relationship, esp. another's child as one's own.
2 choose to follow (a course of action etc.).
3 take over (an idea etc.) from another person.
4 choose as a candidate for office.
5 Brit. (of a local authority) accept responsibility for the maintenance of (a road etc.).
6 accept; formally approve (a report, accounts, etc.).

Derivative:
adoption n.

Etymology:
F adopter or L adoptare (as AD-, optare choose)

VB  offers one's choice, set before, hold out the alternative, present the alternative, offer the alternative, put to the vote, use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option, adopt, take up, embrace, espouse, choose, elect, opt for, take one's choice, make one's choice, make choice of, fix upon, vote, poll, hold up one's hand, divide, settle, decide, list, make up one's mind, select, pick and choose, pick out, single out, cull, glean, winnow, sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat, pick up, pitch upon, pick one's way, indulge one's fancy, set apart, mark out for, mark, prefer, have rather, have as lief, fancy, be persuaded, take a decided step, take a decisive step, commit oneself to a course, pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon, cast in one's lot with, take for better or for worse.

VB  borrow, desume, hire, rent, farm, take a lease, take a demise, take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year, hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year, adopt, apply, appropriate, imitate, make use of, take, raise money, take up money, raise the wind, fly a kite, borrow from Peter to pay Paul, run into debt, replevy.

VB  place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.