adopt

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

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

   We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.

3. (transitive)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. (transitive)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. (transitive)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. (transitive)To select and take or approve.

   to adopt the view or policy of another

   These are resolutions that were adopted.

7. (slang, transitive)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. Tom and Mary adopted three children.

   Том та Мері усиновили трьох дітей. — deniko

   ruТом и Мэри усыновили троих детей. — heccele

   deTom und Mary haben drei Kinder adoptiert. — stephie

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2. I think that Tom is adopted.

   Мені здається, Том — прийомний син. — deniko

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3. We adopted Tom when he was three.

   Ми всиновили Тома, коли йому було три роки. — deniko

   ruМы усыновили Тома, когда ему было три года. — marafon

   deWir adoptierten Tom, als er drei Jahre alt war. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. How old were you when you were adopted?

   Скільки тобі було років, коли тебе усиновили? — deniko

   deWie alt warst du, als du adoptiert wurdest? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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5. I wonder whether or not Tom is adopted.

   Мені цікаво, чи Тома було всиновлено. — deniko

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