Synonyms for Adopts:

v.
• chooses
- Fancies
- chooses
- decides
- determines
- elects
- espouses
- favors
- judges
- likes
- picks
- prefers
- selects
- wishes
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Equivalence
- Proper noun, plural
  approves.
- Proper noun, singular
  adopt.
- Noun, plural
  enacts.
- Adverb
  adopt.
Forward Entailment
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  Does.
Independent
- Proper noun, singular
  adopted, takes, supports, clears, approves, adds, sponsors, OKS.
- Noun, plural
  adopted, take, supports, approves, consents, sanctions, welcomes, moves, changes, pins, rides.
- Adverb
  approves.
- Verb, past tense
  Embraced.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  approving, embracing, pursuing, Enacting, opting.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  adhere, arrest, cut, falls, follow, form, honours, preserves, proceeds, quits, remains, respects, stop, stops, vote, voting, Backs, Bases, Carries, Gives, Has, shares, Comes, Addresses, Affects, Bears, Grants, Permits, Plays, Recalls, Rests, Strikes, Tracks, ceases, releases, deducts, restrains, arrests, captures, catches, gets, occupies, secures, seizes, acquires, collects, deprives, gathers, grabs, serves, supports, upholds, continues, extends, maintains, occurs, counts, outlines, resumes, clears, exempts, condones, admits, receives, adheres, connects, joins, sticks, meets, consolidates, accedes, affirms, approves, stipulates, welcomes, emphasizes, increases, deals, acknowledges, asserts, declares, expresses, ratifies, submits, testifies, validates, assumes, believes, holds, fulfills, observes, yields, allows, approaches, closes, enters, adds, enjoys, commends, accommodates, concedes, comprises, contains, includes, requires, coincides, ends, integrates, succeeds, returns, applies, pleads, embraces, describes, considers, determines, plans, ranks, sums, thinks, notes, lists, summarizes, tells, refers, sets, grows, reinforces, afflicts, responds, corresponds, echoes, substitutes, conducts, aims, moves, operates, performs, enforces, makes, produces, presents, engages, pursues, runs, changes, transposes, attracts, brings, draws, establishes, illustrates, proves, keeps, retains, decides, finds, resolves, fixes, prepares, administers, commands, manages, advocates, informs, suggests, prevents, chooses, elects, espouses, picks, issues, offers, announces, confesses, reveals, dates, covers, shows, participates, forecasts, hinges, develops, expects, intends, proposes, anticipates, follows, removes, satisfies, parallels, allocates, treats, delivers, pays, provides, replaces, represents, supersedes, combines, monitors, examines, restates, translates, contemplates, reflects, envisages, foresees, relies, mirrors, repeats, replicates, features, displays, embodies, employs, utilizes, borrows, reaches, discusses, formulates, builds, constitutes, speaks, asks, hits, reverts, underpins, detains, smacks, stems, becomes, starts, begins, creates, renews, looks, sees, fails, predicts, launches, handles, feels, embeds, puts, encompasses, identifies, reproduces, compiles, involves, recognizes, defines, enacts, specifies, lays, recovers, reiterates, subscribes, lies, withholds, leans, remembers, OKS, OPTS, VOTES, overrides, tackles, regains, belongs, highlights, institutionalizes, reaffirms, entails, consists, overwrites, imposes, prescribes, is, authorises, okays, favours, fulfils, enshrines, recognises, reintroduces, assholes, summarises.
Other Related
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  taking.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  taking, takes, implements, adoptions.

What are the hypernyms for Adopts?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
accept, assume, choose, embrace, follow, select, take on, utilize.

Usage examples for Adopts

Ketteler, however, adopts this whole statement of the case implicitly, and says the social problem of our day is simply how to emancipate the labouring class from the operation of this economic law.

"Contemporary Socialism"

John Rae

If the national elevation of the Israelites under Saul and David had forced back the foreign rites which had taken a place after the settlement beside the worship of Jehovah, it is now the court which adopts the culture and manners of the Phenicians and Syrians, and by which the worship of strange gods in Israel again becomes prominent.

"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"

Max Duncker

He adopts a deserted little girl, a cripple.

"If Any Man Sin"

H. A. Cody

Famous quotes with Adopts

True science is never speculative; it employs hypotheses as suggesting points for inquiry, but it never adopts the hypotheses as though they were demonstrated propositions.

Cleveland Abbe
The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

James A. Baldwin
I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision... is one that abandons the concept of naming enemies and adopts a concept familiar to the nonviolent tradition: naming behavior that is oppressive.

Barbara Deming
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Thomas Huxley
You know, grieve your wife, this is an impulsive thing and you have no idea the kind of trouble you're getting yourself into it. And of course he doesn't listen to me and he adopts this child.

Oliver Platt

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