adopt in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for adopt in the English»French Dictionary

adopt [Brit əˈdɒpt, Am əˈdɑpt] VB trans

adopt child, idea, method, attitude

adopter

adopt accent, tone, identity

prendre

adopt candidate, career

choisir

adopt bill, proposal, recommendation

adopter

to adopt sb as candidate POL

choisir qn comme candidat

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to take or adopt a stance

adopter une position

to adopt a stance

prendre une position

to adopt/present legislation

adopter/présenter un projet de loi

to adopt a pose

adopter une pose

Translations for adopt in the French»English Dictionary

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adopter enfant

to adopt

adopter animal, personne

to adopt, to take in

adopter méthode, style, attitude, mode

to adopt

adopter proposition, réforme

to adopt

prendre une attitude

to adopt an attitude

se composer une attitude

to adopt a pose

épouser

to adopt, to espouse

le pays doit se convertir au libéralisme

the country must adopt liberalism

avoir/prendre un air important

to have/adopt a self-important manner

hausser le ton ou la voix fig

to adopt an aggressive tone

adopt in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for adopt in the English»French Dictionary

adopt [əˈdɒpt, Am -ˈdɑ:pt] VB trans

adopt

adopter

adopt accent

prendre

adopt suggestion

accepter

to adopt a candidate Brit

choisir un candidat

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to adopt a posture

prendre une pose

to adopt a course

prendre une direction

to adopt a middle course fig

opter pour une solution intermédiaire

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entériner

to adopt

se mettre à l'unisson de qn

to adopt sb's point of view

adopter

to adopt

se figer dans une de refus

to adopt a rigid attitude of refusal

prendre ton menaçant

to adopt

adopt Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to adopt a candidate Brit

choisir un candidat

to adopt a course

prendre une direction

to adopt a middle course fig

opter pour une solution intermédiaire

to adopt a posture

prendre une pose

to adopt sb's point of view

se mettre à l'unisson de qn

to adopt a rigid attitude of refusal

se figer dans une de refus

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Initially the party adopted a passive tactic towards the military dictatorship.

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

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The name has since been adopted by other unrelated hotels.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The boys also adopted a more adult look, exchanging their sloppy, juvenile wardrobe for suits.

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