English-Dutch translations for adopt

  • adopteren
    We moeten onder ogen zien dat de positie van moeders die een kind adopteren sterk uiteenloopt. We have to realise that the situation of a mother who adopts a child is different. Zij gaan zover dat zij die honden adopteren en 150 euro betalen voor die adoptie. They take it to the extent that they adopt these dogs and pay EUR 150 to do so. Verder sympathiseert de UKIP met ouders van gehandicapte kinderen en ouders die ervoor kiezen om kinderen te adopteren. UKIP is furthermore sympathetic to parents with disabled children and those choosing to adopt.
  • aannemen
    het dogma van preventieve oorlog aannemen, adopt the dogma of preventive war, Ook ik heb tegen het aannemen van het verslag gestemd. I, too, voted against its adoption. We moeten deze resolutie niet aannemen. We should not adopt this resolution.
  • goed keuren

Definition of adopt

  • To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc
  • To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally
  • To select and take or approve
  • to win ten consecutive games against an opponent

Examples

  • A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
  • Were going to adopt a Dalmatian.
  • This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays.
  • He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates
  • to adopt the view or policy of another
  • These resolutions were adopted.

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