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To adopt in English

Regular verb
adopt, adopted, adopted

Indicative

Present (simple)

  • I adopt
  • you adopt
  • he adopts
  • we adopt
  • you adopt
  • they adopt

Present progressive / continuous

  • I am adopting
  • you are adopting
  • he is adopting
  • we are adopting
  • you are adopting
  • they are adopting

Past (simple)

  • I adopted
  • you adopted
  • he adopted
  • we adopted
  • you adopted
  • they adopted

Past progressive / continuous

  • I was adopting
  • you were adopting
  • he was adopting
  • we were adopting
  • you were adopting
  • they were adopting

Present perfect (simple)

  • I have adopted
  • you have adopted
  • he has adopted
  • we have adopted
  • you have adopted
  • they have adopted

Present perfect progressive / continuous

  • I have been adopting
  • you have been adopting
  • he has been adopting
  • we have been adopting
  • you have been adopting
  • they have been adopting

Past perfect

  • I had adopted
  • you had adopted
  • he had adopted
  • we had adopted
  • you had adopted
  • they had adopted

Past perfect progressive / continuous

  • I had been adopting
  • you had been adopting
  • he had been adopting
  • we had been adopting
  • you had been adopting
  • they had been adopting

Future

  • I will adopt
  • you will adopt
  • he will adopt
  • we will adopt
  • you will adopt
  • they will adopt

Future progressive / continuous

  • I will be adopting
  • you will be adopting
  • he will be adopting
  • we will be adopting
  • you will be adopting
  • they will be adopting

Future perfect

  • I will have adopted
  • you will have adopted
  • he will have adopted
  • we will have adopted
  • you will have adopted
  • they will have adopted

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been adopting
  • you will have been adopting
  • he will have been adopting
  • we will have been adopting
  • you will have been adopting
  • they will have been adopting

Conditional

Simple

  • I would adopt
  • you would adopt
  • he would adopt
  • we would adopt
  • you would adopt
  • they would adopt

Progressive

  • I would be adopting
  • you would be adopting
  • he would be adopting
  • we would be adopting
  • you would be adopting
  • they would be adopting

Perfect

  • I would have adopted
  • you would have adopted
  • he would have adopted
  • we would have adopted
  • you would have adopted
  • they would have adopted

Perfect progressive

  • I would have been adopting
  • you would have been adopting
  • he would have been adopting
  • we would have been adopting
  • you would have been adopting
  • they would have been adopting

Infinitive

Infinitive

  • to adopt

Imperative

Imperative

  • adopt
  • Let's adopt

Examples of conjugation of the verb To adopt

Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne adopts every environmental cause he can find, from ocean conservation to fragrance fire prevention.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The Delavigne Corporation is adopting a new sustainability policy this quarter, and the San Francisco staff could not be more relieved.
Indicative Past (simple): After his grandfather Xavier's death, Bruno adopted a philosophy of caution that would shape every decision he made at the Delavigne Corporation.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Horatio Oléré was adopting a more cautious tone in every meeting while Bruno was still recovering from the accident that cost him his sense of smell.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The noseless perfumer has adopted a surfing routine in San Francisco that his board instructor describes as 'enthusiastic but alarming.'
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Bruno has been adopting greener packaging standards at the Delavigne Corporation for the past three years, earning him praise from environmental activists worldwide.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time he arrived in Pamplona for the running of the bulls, Bruno had already adopted the local tradition of wearing white and red with total dedication.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: The Delavigne Corporation had been adopting new fragrance fire prevention guidelines for months before the board finally voted to make them mandatory.
Indicative Future: The grandson of Xavier will adopt a stricter safety protocol in every lab after presenting his fragrance fire prevention report next month.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: While Horatio manages the office, Bruno will be adopting a new daily meditation practice on the beaches of San Francisco.
Indicative Future perfect: By the end of the year, the Delavigne Corporation will have adopted every measure Bruno proposed at the annual environmental charity gala.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By the time Bruno retires, he will have been adopting stray causes — and the occasional stray cat near his Montmartre apartment — for over four decades.
Conditional Simple: Bruno would adopt a calmer lifestyle if the bulls in Pamplona and the waves in San Francisco did not keep beckoning him back.
Conditional Progressive: If the Delavigne Corporation board agreed, the CEO would be adopting a four-day work week so he could spend more Fridays surfing.
Conditional Perfect: Bruno would have adopted a more cautious approach to the lab expansion if he had not trusted Horatio Oléré's unusually bold recommendation.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Without Xavier's early influence in Montmartre, Bruno would have been adopting some far less fragrant career path entirely.
Imperative Imperative: « Adopt these fire prevention measures immediately, » Bruno urged his lab team, pointing firmly at the new safety guidelines posted on the Delavigne Corporation wall.

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