adopt as a candidate

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• candidate — n. 1) to put up a candidate (for office) 2) to adopt (BE); endorse a candidate 3) (BE) to de select a candidate ( to refuse at the local level to support a party candidate adopted at the national level ) 4) a party; write in candidate 5) a… …   Combinatory dictionary

• adopt — ► VERB 1) legally take (another s child) and bring it up as one s own. 2) choose to take up or follow (an option or course of action). 3) Brit. choose as a candidate for office. 4) assume (an attitude or position). 5) formally approve or accept.… …   English terms dictionary

• adopt */*/*/ — UK [əˈdɒpt] / US [əˈdɑpt] verb Word forms adopt : present tense I/you/we/they adopt he/she/it adopts present participle adopting past tense adopted past participle adopted 1) [transitive] to decide to start using a particular idea, plan, or… …   English dictionary

• adopt — /əˈdɒpt / (say uh dopt) verb (t) 1. to choose for or take to oneself; make one s own by selection or assent: to adopt a name; to adopt an idea. 2. to take (a child born to someone else) to be legally your own child, specifically by a formal legal …  

• adopt — verb 1》 legally take (another s child) and bring it up as one s own. 2》 choose to take up or follow (an option or course of action). 3》 assume (an attitude or position). 4》 Brit. choose as a candidate for office.     ↘formally approve or accept.… …   English new terms dictionary

• adopt — v.tr. 1 take (a person) into a relationship, esp. another s child as one s own. 2 choose to follow (a course of action etc.). 3 take over (an idea etc.) from another person. 4 choose as a candidate for office. 5 Brit. (of a local authority)… …   Useful english dictionary

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• adoptable — adopt ► VERB 1) legally take (another s child) and bring it up as one s own. 2) choose to take up or follow (an option or course of action). 3) Brit. choose as a candidate for office. 4) assume (an attitude or position). 5) formally approve or… …   English terms dictionary