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Adopt

To accept, appropriate, choose, or select, as to adopt a child. To consent to and put into effect, as to adopt a constitution or a law.

adopt

v. 1) to take on the relationship of parent to child of another person, particularly (but not necessarily) a minor, by official legal action. 2) to accept or make use of, such as to adopt another defendant's argument in a lawsuit. (See: adoption)

adopt

verb accept, ad sententiam, admit, adoptare, affiliate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assimilate, assume, attach oneself to, avail oneself of, borrow, choose, co-opt, conform to, constituere, denizenize, elect, embrace, espouse, exercise one's option, follow, foster, make one's own, naturalize, raise, seize, select, select as one's own, take, take on, take possession of, take up, try, usurp, utilize, vote to accept
Associated concepts: adopt a child, adopt a law, adopt a philosophy, legitimation, support
See also: accept, acquire, agree, apply, appropriate, approve, assume, choose, comply, copy, embrace, espouse, gain, impropriate, naturalize, pass, prefer, receive, resort, seize, select
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However, improvements among the early adopters "were smaller during the HQID period, although early adopters continued to perform at a slightly higher level than the late adopters during the pre-HVBP period," the researchers explained.
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While efforts to recruit more adopters have been successful, we need to see even greater numbers coming forward and, if we are to meet the needs of the children currently waiting the longest, we need those potential adopters to be open to a range of children, especially those sibling groups.
Could you give vulnerable siblings a brighter future in a loving home? With National Adoption Week in full swing, Suzanne Griffiths, operations director for the National Adoption Service, reflects on the evolving priorities for adoption services across Wales and how the sector plans to meet the needs of some of our most vulnerable children..
Adopters must be United States residents and at least 18 years old.
United States : Wild horses available for adoption at Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center near Elk Grove
NO formal qualifications are necessary but all adopters will need to have had some experience of caring for their own or other people's children.
Could you give a child a loving home? In part two of the Birmingham Mail's adoption campaign, ZOE CHAMBERLAIN busts myths and misconceptions - and says don't rule yourself out
Matthew, 41, told the ECHO he welcomes the figures but says they're low compared to heterosexual adopters.
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Barnardo's has always encouraged and supported adopters and foster carers from LGBT communities, long before the legal changes.
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Kwon and Chon (2009) consider perceived popularity as one dimension of social influence which predicts the adoption of mobile TV in Korea because adopters anticipate existing or potential popularity of this new media.
Investigating adopter categories and determinants affecting the adoption of mobile television in China
Clr Megan Swift, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People's Services, said: "Over the last few years we have recognised the need for more adopters in Calderdale.
Council in bid to encourage adopters; Swifter processes are bolstering recruitment
The mean average age of non-adopters was 49 years while that of adopters of organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizers were 45 years and 44.
Assessment of potential profitability of Amaranth vegetable production under different fertility restoring technologies in Ondo State, Nigeria
Only 3% of Google Apps early adopters have more than 500 employees.
Small businesses are the vast majority of Google Apps early adopters
The local authority had the power to move the children from the foster carers under section 25(2) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 as a result of the granting of placement orders which allowed them to select prospective adopters (section 21).
Date of placement for adoption: injunction to halt placement
Gailey presents a typology of different types of adopters and the ways that race, class, and gender influence the decisions made to adopt.
Gailey, Christine Ward. Blue Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love: Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Adoption Practice

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