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adopt

verbbriathar
1. plan, position, etc
2. legislation, standard, etc
3. polpol for election
4. motto, slogan, etc
5. way of behaving
6. physical position
7. name, title
8. child
9. animal
10. profession etc
11. as residence
12. favoured place
 verbbriathar 1 plan, position, etc transitiveaistreachglac verb cmu we adopted a common approach to it thángamar ar chur chuige coiteann ina leith they adopted a new plan ghlac siad plean nua chucu féin 2 legislation, standard, etc transitiveaistreachglac le PhrV cmuglac legal usei gcúrsaí dlí verb cmu the amendment was adopted by the Council ghlac an Chomhairle leis an leasú 3 polpol for election transitiveaistreachroghnaigh verb cmu she was adopted as the candidate roghnaíodh mar iarrthóir í 4 motto, slogan, etc transitiveaistreachglac le PhrV cmu we adopted this phrase as our motto ghlacamar leis an bhfrása seo mar mhana 5 way of behaving transitiveaistreach he adopted a hostile attitude to me chuaigh sé i m'aghaidh, thosaigh sé ag cur i m'éadan to adopt a posh tone of voice glór móiréiseach a chur ort féin to adopt a stubborn attitude to sb éirí righin le duine 6 physical position transitiveaistreachglac verb cmutóg verb cmu he adopted a non-threatening posture chuir sé gothaí neamhbhagracha air féin 7 name, title transitiveaistreachglac verb cmu to adopt a title teideal a thabhairt ort féin 8 child transitiveaistreachuchtaigh verb cmu to adopt a child páiste a uchtú intransitiveneamhaistreachuchtaigh verb cmu we were keen to adopt bhí fonn orainn páiste a uchtú 9 animal transitiveaistreach they've adopted a cat tá cat tógtha isteach acu, tá cat faighte acu dóibh féin 10 profession etc transitiveaistreachroghnaigh verb cmu I adopted the teaching profession roghnaigh mé an mhúinteoireacht, chuaigh mé leis an múinteoireacht 11 as residence transitiveaistreach she adopted Galway as her home chinn sí ar chónaí a dhéanamh i nGaillimh, shocraigh sí cur fúithi i nGaillimh 12 favoured place transitiveaistreach it was adopted as the home of Irish athletics glacadh leis mar cheanncheathrú lúthchleasaíochta na hÉireann we've adopted this pub as our local is é seo an teach ósta is minice a dtéimid chuige
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