[{"_id":"57446b1549d89b54063c1f18","lemma":"adopt","pos":"verb","lexicalEntryId":"WktEN_lexicalEntry_13866","senses":[{"label":"","definition":"To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.","examples":["A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing."],"relations":[]},{"label":"","definition":"To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.","examples":[],"relations":[]}]}]