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adopt [Am əˈdɑpt, Brit əˈdɒpt] VB trans

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1. adopt LAW:

adopt child

2. adopt (begin to use):

adopt idea/strategy/custom/title

she adopted a stern tone

adoptó un tono severo

3. adopt (accept formally):

adopt recommendation

4. adopt Brit POL (as candidate):

adopt

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to adopt a bunker mentality

adoptar una postura defensiva

to adopt a strategy

adoptar una estrategia

we're all gainers if we adopt this plan

salimos todos ganando or beneficiados si adoptamos este plan

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to adopt

to adopt

to adopt

acriollarse

to adopt native ways

to adopt the peso as the currency of exchange in

adoptar actitud/costumbre

to adopt

to adopt

adoptar nacionalidad

to adopt

adoptar apellido

to adopt

to dollarize (to adopt the dollar as the currency of exchange in)

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adopt [əˈdɒpt, Am -ˈdɑ:pt] VB trans

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1. adopt child, strategy:

adopt

2. adopt candidate:

adopt

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to adopt British/Spanish nationality

adoptar la nacionalidad británica/española

to adopt a pose

adoptar una pose

to adopt an attitude

adoptar una postura

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to adopt

to adopt

to adopt

to imitate or adopt the customs of a foreigner

abrazar (religión)

to adopt

adoptar una actitud reservada

to adopt a reserved attitude

to adopt British/Spanish nationality

adoptar la nacionalidad británica/española

to adopt a pose

adoptar una pose

to adopt an attitude

adoptar una postura

to adopt an attitude of ...

tomar una actitud de...

to imitate or adopt the customs of a foreigner

agringarse

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Initially the party adopted a passive tactic towards the military dictatorship. en.wikipedia.org

By 1968, the band adopted electrical instruments anyway, and added drums. en.wikipedia.org

These structural properties resemble those of gaseous hydrogen peroxide, which adopts a skewed anticlinal conformation, and also experiences a strong rotational barrier. en.wikipedia.org

His own activism, he now realizes, stems largely from the man who adopted him. en.wikipedia.org

Tax rate increases in the other 19 school districts that adopted a preliminary budget did not exceed the school districts index. en.wikipedia.org

Schools and counties that had adopted these textbooks reported improvements in their students' performance. en.wikipedia.org

Liking the sound of it, she adopted the name and eventually changed her surname legally following her second divorce. en.wikipedia.org

The name has since been adopted by other unrelated hotels. en.wikipedia.org

These requirements determine both the power of the language and its limitations for adopting it for widely different purposes. en.wikipedia.org

Throughout this section, we adopt an analytic approach to jets. en.wikipedia.org

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