Adopt and Take

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Adopt

Adopt verb - Take into one's family.

Usage example: They adopted two children from Nicaragua

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Take is a synonym for adopt in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Adopt", when it comes to topics like action, assume, accept, get.

Nearby Words: adoption, adopting, adoptive, adoptability, adopter

Take

Take verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.

Usage example: took a cut in pay

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Adopt is a synonym for take in action topic. You can use "Adopt" instead a verb "Take", if it concerns topics such as assume, accept, get.

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

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approach	adopt approach	take approach
life	adopt life	take life
people	adopt people	take people
role	adopt role	take role
Other words: name, look, form, way, names, forms.

Both words in one sentence

A Man And His Dog: Early on in the trip, Rory comes across an abused retired fighting dog which he decides to adopt and take with him the rest of the way.

Source: Literature / The Places In Between
Transformation Is a Free Action: Painfully subverted in that the dangerously Genre Savvy monsters will often take pot shots at the Chester combat vehicles as they adopt close formation during their merger sequence.

Source: Series / Ultraman Nexus
The townspeople are kind but often in need of a little help, you take care of your animals, and you can even feed wild animals or adopt a stray.

Source: Video Game / World's Dawn

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