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Webster 1913 Edition
Adopter
A-dopt′er
,Noun.
1.
One who adopts.
2.
(Chem.)
A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters.
[Written also
adapter
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Adopter
ADOPT'ER
, n.1.
One who adopts.2.
In chimistry, a large round receiver, with two necks, diametrically opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, or to increase the length of the neck of a retort.Definition 2024
adopter
adopter
English
Noun
adopter (plural adopters)
- one who adopts
- 2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian:
- Google says the smartglasses are still in "beta" – prototype –form, despite being openly on sale, and that it wants early adopters to buy and use them and report back problems and suggestions so it can shape the future of the product, which is expected to eventually cost about the same as the average smartphone.
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Translations
one who adopts
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
adopter
- to adopt (claim legal ownership of a child)
- to adopt (claim ownership of a child)
- to adopt (claim a mannerism or style of someone else's)
- to vote (in politics)
Conjugation
Conjugation of adopter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | adopter | avoir adopté | |||||
| gerund | en adoptant | en ayant adopté | |||||
| present participle | adoptant /a.dɔp.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | adopté /a.dɔp.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | adopte /a.dɔpt/ |
adoptes /a.dɔpt/ |
adopte /a.dɔpt/ |
adoptons /a.dɔp.tɔ̃/ |
adoptez /a.dɔp.te/ |
adoptent /a.dɔpt/ |
| imperfect | adoptais /a.dɔp.tɛ/ |
adoptais /a.dɔp.tɛ/ |
adoptait /a.dɔp.tɛ/ |
adoptions /a.dɔp.tjɔ̃/ |
adoptiez /a.dɔp.tje/ |
adoptaient /a.dɔp.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | adoptai /a.dɔp.te/ |
adoptas /a.dɔp.ta/ |
adopta /a.dɔp.ta/ |
adoptâmes /a.dɔp.tam/ |
adoptâtes /a.dɔp.tat/ |
adoptèrent /a.dɔp.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | adopterai /a.dɔp.tə.ʁe/ |
adopteras /a.dɔp.tə.ʁa/ |
adoptera /a.dɔp.tə.ʁa/ |
adopterons /a.dɔp.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
adopterez /a.dɔp.tə.ʁe/ |
adopteront /a.dɔp.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | adopterais /a.dɔp.tə.ʁɛ/ |
adopterais /a.dɔp.tə.ʁɛ/ |
adopterait /a.dɔp.tə.ʁɛ/ |
adopterions /a.dɔp.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adopteriez /a.dɔp.tə.ʁje/ |
adopteraient /a.dɔp.tə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | adopte /a.dɔpt/ |
adoptes /a.dɔpt/ |
adopte /a.dɔpt/ |
adoptions /a.dɔp.tjɔ̃/ |
adoptiez /a.dɔp.tje/ |
adoptent /a.dɔpt/ |
| imperfect1 |
adoptasse /a.dɔp.tas/ |
adoptasses /a.dɔp.tas/ |
adoptât /a.dɔp.ta/ |
adoptassions /a.dɔp.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
adoptassiez /a.dɔp.ta.sje/ |
adoptassent /a.dɔp.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | adopte /a.dɔpt/ |
— | adoptons /a.dɔp.tɔ̃/ |
adoptez /a.dɔp.te/ |
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