What is the meaning of adopted?

verb

• Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.
  • usage: "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
  • synonyms: adopt, follow, espouse
• Take up and practice as one's own.
  • synonyms: adopt, borrow, take over, take up
• Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities.
  • usage: "When will the new President assume office"
  • synonyms: assume, adopt, take on, take over
• Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect.
  • usage: "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
  • synonyms: assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
• Take into one's family.
  • usage: "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
  • synonyms: adopt, take in
• Put into dramatic form.
  • usage: "adopt a book for a screenplay"
  • synonyms: dramatize, dramatise, adopt
• Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own.
  • usage: "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
  • synonyms: espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up

adjective

• Acquired as your own by free choice.
  • usage: "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
  • synonyms: adoptive