All 25 Uses
adopt
in
Hopeless, by Colleen Hoover
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- She talks to me more like I'm her friend than her daughter (even though she adopted me thirteen years ago) and has somehow even warped me into being (almost) completely honest with her about everything that goes on in my life.†
p. 7.2adopted = took on as one's own
- He was adopted as well, but has a close relationship with his birth family.†
p. 23.2
- Breckin has two brothers who aren't adopted, and who also aren't gay, so his parents assume his gayness (his word, not mine) has to do with the fact that he doesn't share a bloodline with them.†
p. 23.2
- But by divine intervention, I was rescued by Breckin, the adopted gay Mormon who can't sing or act but loves to read and is my new very bestest friend ever in the whole wide world.†
p. 58.3
- It dawns on me when he asks this question that he doesn't even know I'm adopted.†
p. 132.2
- She adopted me.†
p. 132.2
- Being adopted isn't really a stigma I've ever had to overcome.†
p. 132.2
- You've never met anyone who was adopted?†
p. 132.5
- You were adopted when you were three?†
p. 132.6
- Do you remember anything from before you were adopted?†
p. 133.3
- The only thing I have from before Karen adopted me is some jewelry, and I have no idea who it came from.†
p. 133.5
- I was especially curious after you told me you were adopted, but again, I thought maybe it was a coincidence.†
p. 257.8
- What do you remember about your adoption?†
p. 258.3adoption = the act of taking something on as one's own
- I know Karen adopted me and we moved here from out of state when I was five.†
p. 258.4adopted = took on as one's own
- Karen was so calm and pleasant, and filled my head with lies about a life of adoption and foster care, that I never thought to even question it.†
p. 293.7adoption = the act of taking something on as one's own
- Once Karen began telling me stories of my "adoption," it must have been easier for my mind to grasp the harmless lies than to remember my ugly truth.†
p. 344.2
- I've never really been that curious to find out who my father was or why he "put me up for adoption."†
p. 344.5 *
- I do miss Dean and Lesslie, but I really don't want to go back home with my daddy "Do you know what adoption means?" she asks.†
p. 358.8
- Adoption is when someone loves a child so much, that they want them to be their son or daughter.†
p. 358.9
- So they adopt them in order to become their mommy or daddy" She takes my hand and squeezes it.†
p. 358.9adopt = take on as one's own
- Hove you so much that I'm going to adopt you so you can be my daughter.†
p. 359.1
- Are you excited about me adopting you?†
p. 359.7adopting = taking on as one's own
- I don't want her to think I'm not happy about her adopting me, because I am.†
p. 360.1
- The best part of being adopted is that you get to pick your very own name.†
p. 360.5adopted = took on as one's own
- Karen laughed at that question and explained that, with enough money and the right connections, I was conveniently "adopted" from out of the country and obtained my citizenship when I was seven.†
p. 399.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(adopt) to take on as one's ownThe exact meaning of adopt depends upon its context. For example:
- "adopt a child" -- to legally take on parental responsibilities for another person's child
- "adopt a plan" -- to accept or begin to use something
- "adopt a pet" -- to take in a pet -- especially one from an animal shelter
- "Congress adopted the resolution." -- had a formal vote and passed
- "adopted a confident attitude" -- took on or displayed
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)