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adopt meaning in Punjabi

ਅਪਣਾਉਣਾ

UK/əˈdɒpt//əˈdɑpt/

adopt in Punjabi: ਅਪਣਾਉਣਾ. In English, adopt means to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

Punjabi words for adopt

ਅਪਣਾਉਣਾ

English meaning of adopt

  1. verb To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
  2. verb To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
  3. verb To contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc.
  4. verb To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.

Full definition of adopt

adopt in a sentence

  • A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
  • We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.
  • We adopted an elephant at the local zoo.

Synonyms of adopt

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Questions about adopt in Punjabi

What is the meaning of adopt in Punjabi?
Adopt in Punjabi is ਅਪਣਾਉਣਾ.
adopt ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
Adopt: ਅਪਣਾਉਣਾ.
What does adopt mean in English?
Adopt means to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

Source and license

Punjabi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “adopt”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: adopt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Punjabi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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