Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to adopt
Participle: adopted
Gerund: adopting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | adopt |
| you | adopt |
| he;she;it | adopts |
| we | adopt |
| you | adopt |
| they | adopt |
Perfect
| I | have adopted |
| you | have adopted |
| he;she;it | has adopted |
| we | have adopted |
| you | have adopted |
| they | have adopted |
Past
| I | adopted |
| you | adopted |
| he;she;it | adopted |
| we | adopted |
| you | adopted |
| they | adopted |
Pluperfect
| I | had adopted |
| you | had adopted |
| he;she;it | had adopted |
| we | had adopted |
| you | had adopted |
| they | had adopted |
Future
| I | will adopt |
| you | will adopt |
| he;she;it | will adopt |
| we | will adopt |
| you | will adopt |
| they | will adopt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have adopted |
| you | will have adopted |
| he;she;it | will have adopted |
| we | will have adopted |
| you | will have adopted |
| they | will have adopted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | adopt |
| you | adopt |
| he;she;it | adopt |
| we | adopt |
| you | adopt |
| they | adopt |
Perfect
| I | have adopted |
| you | have adopted |
| he;she;it | have adopted |
| we | have adopted |
| you | have adopted |
| they | have adopted |
Imperfect
| I | adopted |
| you | adopted |
| he;she;it | adopted |
| we | adopted |
| you | adopted |
| they | adopted |
Pluperfect
| I | had adopted |
| you | had adopted |
| he;she;it | had adopted |
| we | had adopted |
| you | had adopted |
| they | had adopted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would adopt |
| you | would adopt |
| he;she;it | would adopt |
| we | would adopt |
| you | would adopt |
| they | would adopt |
Perfect
| I | would have adopted |
| you | would have adopted |
| he;she;it | would have adopted |
| we | would have adopted |
| you | would have adopted |
| they | would have adopted |
Imperative
| you | adopt |
| we | Let's adopt |
| you | adopt |
Verbs conjugated like 'adopt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'adopt'
adapt,
abort,
adact,
adempt,
adhort,
admit,
ado,
adore,
adorn,
adult,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt. See: Latin '
adoptō'.
Verbs referencing "adopt"
Ido adoptar, Spanish
adoptar, Finnish with old forms
adoptoida, Esperanto
adopti, Cebuano adap.
Sample Sentences
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‘There was one of two ways to be adopted: either to go on to build up a language of signs on the basis of the natural language which she had already commenced herself, or to teach her the purely arbitrary language in common use: that is, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ My dear Miss Vermont, positively you mustn't come the Green Mountains over us that way. You must adopt at least a piece of a southern principle, and not walk out under all that load. They'll take you for a waiting-maid; give them to this fellow; he'll put them down as if they were eggs, now. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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It must be observed that, among other appropriations from his master's stock, Adolph was in the habit of adopting his name and address; and that the style under which he moved, among the colored circles of New Orleans, was that of _Mr. St. Clare_.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)