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- adopt as
adopt as
adopt someone as something
to choose someone as something. The committee will adopt Jane as its candidate.
adopt something as something
to take on something, such as a policy or principle, as one's own. I will adopt this policy as my own.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Rien (2) | | REEN | Dutch |
| Gianna | | JAHN-nah (Italian), YAH-nah (Greek) | Italian, Greek |
| Alberte (2) | | - | French, Danish |
| Cristina | | kree-STEE-nah (Italian, Spanish) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian |
| Raymond | | ['reimɔnd] | |
| Solveiga | | - | Latvian, Lithuanian |