to adopt an attitude

  • 1adopt — ► VERB 1) legally take (another s child) and bring it up as one s own. 2) choose to take up or follow (an option or course of action). 3) Brit. choose as a candidate for office. 4) assume (an attitude or position). 5) formally approve or accept.… …

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  • 2adopt — a|dopt W2S2 [əˈdɔpt US əˈda:pt] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(child)¦ 2 adopt an approach/policy/attitude etc 3¦(style/manner)¦ 4¦(law/rule)¦ 5¦(name/country etc)¦ 6¦(election)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: adopter, from Latin adoptare, from ad …

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  • 3adopt — [[t]ədɒ̱pt[/t]] ♦♦ adopts, adopting, adopted 1) VERB If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it. [V n] The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling on all parties in the conflict to seek a… …

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  • 4attitude — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ carefree, good, healthy, positive, right, upbeat ▪ I try to have a healthy, positive attitude to life. ▪ She seems to have the right attitude for …

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  • 5adopt */*/*/ — UK [əˈdɒpt] / US [əˈdɑpt] verb Word forms adopt : present tense I/you/we/they adopt he/she/it adopts present participle adopting past tense adopted past participle adopted 1) [transitive] to decide to start using a particular idea, plan, or… …

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  • 6adopt — verb 1 child ADVERB ▪ legally ▪ The child has now been legally adopted. PHRASES ▪ have sb adopted ▪ She was forced to have her baby adopted. 2 take and use s …

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  • 7adopt — a|dopt [ ə dapt ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to take someone else s child into your family and legally make him or her your own child: The couple adopted a baby girl. He was 18 when he found out he had been adopted. ─ compare… …

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  • 8adopt — a•dopt [[t]əˈdɒpt[/t]] v. t. 1) to take and use as one s own: to adopt a nickname[/ex] 2) to take and rear (the child of others) as one s own child, specifically by a formal legal act 3) to take or receive into any kind of new relationship 4) to… …

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  • 9adopt — verb 1》 legally take (another s child) and bring it up as one s own. 2》 choose to take up or follow (an option or course of action). 3》 assume (an attitude or position). 4》 Brit. choose as a candidate for office.     ↘formally approve or accept.… …

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  • 10cop an attitude — Meaning Adopt an aggressive or antagonistic bearing Origin …

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