Adopt vs. Implement

(transitive) To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.)

(transitive) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

Example: ‘A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.’;

(transitive) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.

Example: ‘We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.’;

(transitive) To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.

Example: ‘This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays.’;

(transitive) To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.

Example: ‘He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates.’;

(transitive) To select and take or approve.

Example: ‘to adopt the view or policy of another’; ‘These resolutions were adopted.’;

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.

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.

choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

Example: ‘She followed the feminist movement’; ‘The candidate espouses Republican ideals’;

take up and practice as one's own

take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities;

Example: ‘When will the new President assume office?’;

take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;

Example: ‘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’;

take into one's family;

Example: ‘They adopted two children from Nicaragua’;

put into dramatic form;

Example: ‘adopt a book for a screenplay’;

take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;

Example: ‘She embraced Catholocism’; ‘They adopted the Jewish faith’;

legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own

Example: ‘there are many people eager to adopt a baby’;

choose to take up or follow (an idea, method, or course of action)

Example: ‘this approach has been adopted by many big banks’;

choose and move to (a country or city) as one's permanent place of residence.

take on or assume (an attitude or position)

Example: ‘he adopted a patronizing tone’;

choose (someone) as a candidate for office

Example: ‘she was recently adopted as Labour candidate for the constituency’;

formally approve or accept (a report or suggestion)

Example: ‘the committee voted 5–1 to adopt the proposal’;

(of a local authority) accept responsibility for the maintenance of (a road).

A tool or instrument for working with.

Example: ‘They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.’;

to bring about; to put into practice

Example: ‘It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement.’;

to carry out; to do

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, tool, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.

Example: ‘Genius must have talent as its complement and implement.’;

To accomplish; to fulfill.

Example: ‘Revenge . . . executed and implemented by the hand of Vanbeest Brown.’;

To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements.

Example: ‘The chief mechanical requisites of the barometer are implemented in such an instrument as the following.’;

To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.

instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end

apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design;

Example: ‘implement a procedure’;

ensure observance of laws and rules;

Example: ‘Apply the rules to everyone’;

pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue;

Example: ‘Did he go through with the treatment?’; ‘He implemented a new economic plan’; ‘She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal’;

a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose

Example: ‘garden implements’;

performance of an obligation.

put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect

Example: ‘the scheme to implement student loans’;