See adopt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "The match was not even close; the IM made amateurish blunders and ended up getting adopted.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2018 June 19, Peter Doggers, “(title)”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 2022-05-21:",
"text": "Nakamura 'Adopts' Komodo On Fathers Day: 20.5-2.5",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2020 May 27, “Adopt-A-Danny Returns Wednesday With Ian Nepomniachtchi”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 2020-05-27:",
"text": "Wednesday's event will offer the Russian grandmaster three opportunities to adopt Rensch, though just like in the Speed Chess Championship, Nepomniachtchi will have to race against the clock.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 April 12, Jacob Sweet, “The Most Popular Chess Streamer on Twitch”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 2022-08-26:",
"text": "\"That's it, that's it!\" the Grandmaster Eric Hansen bellowed after following nine straight losses with a win. \"You are not adopting me! Not today, not today!\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 December 7, Colin McGourty, “Carlsen plays \"horribly\", beats Gukesh 23:7”, in chess24, archived from the original on 2022-12-09:",
"text": "There was wasn't much for Gukesh fans to cheer, but at least he avoided the fate of Maghsoodloo, who was \"adopted\", i.e. beaten 10 games in a row. Gukesh struck in the 2nd 3+1 game, when he was dangerously close to that mark.",
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}
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[
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"(chess, slang) To beat an opponent ten times in a row."
],
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],
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]
}
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]
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"word": "تَبَنَّى"
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "ordegrel",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "որդեգրել"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "rup",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "nhiljedz"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "osinovjávam",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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],
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"roman": "osinovjá",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"word": "adoptar"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "收養"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shōuyǎng",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "收养"
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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},
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "osvojit"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptere"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adopteren"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "aannemen"
},
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adopti"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "ættleiða"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptoida"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adopter"
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"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptar"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptieren"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "υιοθετώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adokte"
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{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "אימץ"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptál"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "örökbe fogad"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
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],
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"word": "befogad"
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{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "ættleiða"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adottare"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yōshi ni suru",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "養子にする"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "km",
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"roman": "cəɲcəm",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "ចិញ្ចឹម"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ibyanghada",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "입양하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptō"
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{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptēt"
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{
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"code": "ms",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "angkat"
},
{
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptere"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptera"
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{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "ġewȳsċan"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "paziroftan",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "پذیرفتن"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "adoptować"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "zaadoptować"
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{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przysposabiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przysposobić"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adotar"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "churichakuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adopta"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usynovljátʹ",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "усыновля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "ru",
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"note": "of boys and generic",
"roman": "usynovítʹ",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
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"roman": "udočerjátʹ",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "ru",
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"note": "of girls only",
"roman": "udočerítʹ",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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{
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "усвојити"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 24 24 2 3 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "usvojiti"
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{
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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{
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"text": "[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.",
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"word": "收養"
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"word": "υιοθετώ"
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "ចិញ្ចឹម"
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"word": "پذیرفتن"
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"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
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"roman": "usynovljátʹ",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "усыновля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "of boys and generic",
"roman": "usynovítʹ",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "усынови́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udočerjátʹ",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "удочеря́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "of girls only",
"roman": "udočerítʹ",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "удочери́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "uchd-mhacaich"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "усвојити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "usvojiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"tags": [
"Croatia"
],
"word": "posvojiti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptovať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "osvojiť si"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "ahijar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "panga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "adoptera"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "peñcukonu",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "పెంచుకొను"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "evlat edinmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vsynóvljuvaty",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "всино́влювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "usynóvljuvaty",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "усино́влювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vdočerjáty",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "вдочеря́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "udočerjáty",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "удочеря́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "nhận làm con nuôi"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "mabwysiadu"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "adoptirn",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "אַדאָפּטירן"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen",
"word": "depıtene"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tabannā",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "تَبَنَّى"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "mənimsəmək"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "usvojavam",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "усвоявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "adoptar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "領養"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǐngyǎng",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "领养"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "goed keuren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "adopti"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "alpreni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "omaksua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "adopter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "adoptar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "annehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "übernehmen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "yiothetó",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "υιοθετώ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "אימץ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "assume, as of a habit or citizenship",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "felvesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "espouse, embrace, as of a course",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "magáévá tesz"
},
{
"alt": "さいようする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "saiyō-suru",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "採用する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "asciscō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "adoptō"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "adotar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinimátʹ",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "принима́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinjátʹ",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priznavátʹ",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "признава́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priznátʹ",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "призна́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usváivatʹ",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "усва́ивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usvoitʹ",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "усвоить"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "uchd-mhacaich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "adoptar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "anamma"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryjmaty",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "приймати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zasvójuvaty",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "засво́ювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "perejmáty",
"sense": "to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally",
"word": "перейма́ти"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "view, policy",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to select and take or approve",
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"word": "omaksua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "resolution, decision",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to select and take or approve",
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"word": "hyväksyä"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to select and take or approve",
"word": "elfogad"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "of a resolution",
"sense": "to select and take or approve",
"word": "hoz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "of a procedure",
"sense": "to select and take or approve",
"word": "követ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to select and take or approve",
"word": "alkalmaz"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to select and take or approve",
"word": "asciscō"
}
],
"word": "adopt"
}
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