how to pronounce adopt

/əˈdɑːpt/

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adopt is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of adopt in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Kim Kardashian can adopt the features …”

meaning of adopt

Adopt means to take into your care and raise as your own.

adopt frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word adopt occurs in english on average 12.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics adopt can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that adopt can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;