adopts
Sayuh-DOPTSUS/əˈdɑpts/UK/əˈdɒpts/
- 1Third-person singular simple present indicative of adopt.
The committee adopts new safety guidelines after each annual review.
He adopts a different strategy whenever his first plan falls apart.
Note
A plain -s form that carries every meaning of adopt, not only the family one. A couple adopts a child, a household adopts a dog from a shelter, a sponsor adopts a zoo animal, and a committee adopts a motion. The ending marks a single third-person subject (she, the board). With they, I or you, the bare adopt returns: the members adopt, but the council adopts.
adopts is a form of adopt
adopt, verb: To take another's child into your family by choice and raise the child as your own. Full entry
- Spelling
- adopt → adopts: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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