{
    "term": "adopt",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "adopt",
            "heSheIt": "adopts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "adopted",
        "pastParticiple": "adopted",
        "ingForm": "adopting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to take somebody else’s child into your family and become its legal parent(s)",
            "sensetop": "adopt somebody",
            "labels": "(especially US English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to adopt a child",
                    "contextForm": "adopt somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was forced to have her baby adopted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She adopted three children from the orphanage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We would like to adopt a child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The child has now been legally adopted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The couple adopted two children."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages", "Law and justice", "Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["legally"],
                "phrases": ["have somebody adopted"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "adopt something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All three teams **adopted** different **approaches** to the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our study examined the **strategies adopted** by patients for seeking information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police adopted tighter security measures."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to adopt an attitude/stance/position"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We could not agree on the best methods to adopt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He smiled and adopted a more casual tone of voice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new manager adopted a very autocratic style."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["formally", "officially"],
                "verb + adopt": ["tend to", "decide to", "be forced to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting",
            "sensetop": "adopt something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The government **adopted a resolution** on disarmament."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The council is expected to **adopt** the new **policy** at its next meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The UN Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The policy has not yet been formally adopted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What position do you adopt on this issue?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the policies employers adopt towards the labour force"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to choose a new name, a country, a custom, etc. and begin to use it as your own",
            "sensetop": "adopt something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **adopt a name/title/language**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Early Christians in Europe adopted many of the practices of the older, pagan religions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The royal family adopted the name of Windsor early in the last century."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He adopted the dress and manners of an Englishman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party adopted its current name in 1965."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["formally", "officially"],
                "verb + adopt": ["tend to", "decide to", "be forced to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc.",
            "sensetop": "adopt something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He adopted an air of indifference."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to choose somebody as a candidate in an election; to choose somebody as your representative",
            "sensetop": "adopt somebody (as something)",
            "labels": "(British English, politics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The people adopted him as their patron saint."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdɒpt/",
                "audio": "ad/adopt/adopt__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdɒpts/",
                "audio": "ad/adopt/adopts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdɒptɪd/",
                "audio": "ad/adopt/adopted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdɒptɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ad/adopt/adopting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdɑːpt/",
                "audio": "ad/adopt/adopt__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdɑːpts/",
                "audio": "ad/adopt/adopts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdɑːptɪd/",
                "audio": "ad/adopt/adopted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdɑːptɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ad/adopt/adopting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: via French from Latin adoptare, from ad- ‘to’ + optare ‘choose’."
}