What is another word for adopts?

Pronunciation: [ɐdˈɒpts] (IPA)

Adopting is a process of bringing something new, such as an idea, a concept or a practice, into one's life or work. There are many synonyms for the word "adopts" that can be used interchangeably, including embracing, taking on, assuming, acquiring, integrating, incorporating, implementing, introducing, accepting, and receiving. Each of these words carries a slightly different connotation or emphasis, but all imply a willingness to make something a part of one's own. Whether it is an individual or a company adopting a new strategy or technology, the key is to find the right synonym that accurately conveys the spirit and depth of the action.

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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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