adopt

1. To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

   (переходный)To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

   A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.

   take up and practice as one's own

2. (переходный)To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.

   We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.

3. (переходный)To contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc.

   We adopted an elephant at the local zoo.

4. (переходный)To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.

   This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays.

   take into one's family

5. (переходный)To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.

   He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates.

   annehmen, übernehmen

   принима́тьprinimátʹ, приня́тьprinjátʹ, признава́тьpriznavátʹ

   прийматиpryjmaty, засво́юватиzasvójuvaty, перейма́тиperejmáty

   take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

6. (переходный)To select and take or approve.

   to adopt the view or policy of another

   These are resolutions that were adopted.

7. (сленг, переходный)To beat an opponent ten times in a row.

   The match was not even close; the IM made amateurish blunders and ended up getting adopted.

1. My plan was adopted by them.

   Они приняли мой план.

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2. Tom and Mary adopted three children.

   Том и Мэри усыновили троих детей.

   ukТом та Мері усиновили трьох дітей.

   deTom und Mary haben drei Kinder adoptiert.

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3. I didn't know I was adopted.

   Я не знал, что меня усыновили.

   deIch wusste nicht, dass ich adoptiert war.

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4. Tom told everyone I was adopted.

   Том всем рассказал, что меня усыновили.

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5. Tom told everyone he was adopted.

   Том всем рассказал, что был усыновлён.

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