Adopt

German Meaning

annehmen

verabschieden

übernehmen

adoptieren

nehmen

ergreifen

wählen

einschlagen

English Meaning

  1. To take into one's family through legal means and raise as one's own child.
  2. To take and follow (a course of action, for example) by choice or assent: adopt a new technique.
  3. To take up and make one's own: adopt a new idea.
  4. To take on or assume: adopted an air of importance.
  5. To vote to accept: adopt a resolution.
  6. To choose as standard or required in a course: adopt a new line of English textbooks.