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Meanings of
borrow
in anglès
portuguès
adoptar
català
adoptar
espanyol
adoptar
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To take up (an idea) as one's own.
adopt
take over
take up
català
adoptar
portuguès
adoptar
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Get temporarily.
lend
portuguès
adoptar
Sinònims
Examples for "
adopt
"
adopt
take over
take up
Examples for "
adopt
"
1
In order to achieve this result, Brazil decided to
adopt
new methods.
2
The Commission should
adopt
new rules by July, the lawmakers' resolution said.
3
Another value Africans must
adopt
is love and concern for young people.
4
Relatively few Russian couples
adopt
despite state efforts to promote the practice.
5
But they can only help public health if enough people
adopt
them.
1
State Security Minister David Mahlobo will
take
over
as Minister of Energy.
2
A Competition Commission investigation into the deal could
take
over
a year.
3
Lachezar Borissov, currently deputy economy minister will
take
over
the economy ministry.
4
Tepco needs to go down and the government needs to
take
over
.
5
Later, technology could entirely
take
over
the analysis role, according to Darpa.
1
Employees can
take
up
to seven days volunteering time off per year.
2
Political leaders need to
take
up
the fight against homophobia and discrimination.
3
That is the case the Supreme Court will
take
up
this year.
4
For example, young people may
take
up
smoking if exposed to e-cigarettes.
5
We think it could even
take
up
to a year, he said.
Usage of
borrow
in anglès
1
But companies and governments need to
borrow
to expand and support growth.
2
To
borrow
the words of the prime minister herself: enough is enough.
3
Moreover, she refused to allow children to
borrow
the books they wanted.
4
I'll
borrow
another example from my friend Bruce Goldberg: your caloric consumption.
5
Quite another to
borrow
money to fund a bloated, inept, patronage-driven state.
6
Merely allow me to
borrow
her without challenge in your own past.
7
In China, however, many buyers also
borrow
to cover their down payments.
8
I would go to someone's house and ask: can I
borrow
that?
9
But the euro crisis has made it harder to
borrow
from abroad.
10
They only call on her, however, when they wish to
borrow
money.
11
Is it fair to
borrow
another' food culture for one's own ends?
12
That's why the Clean Energy Project wants to
borrow
your PC power.
13
However, at times, the rhetoric appears to
borrow
heavily from antisemitic tropes.
14
This is a long way to come to
borrow
books, isn't it?
15
Last year, British government had to
borrow
£156bn more than it spent.
16
Kiwirail will
borrow
seventy five million dollars to buy the new locomotives.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
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borrow
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
borrow money
borrow trouble
borrow a phrase
borrow shares
borrow books
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Translations for
borrow
portuguès
adoptar
adotar
tomar emprestado
tomar por empréstimo
pedir emprestado
levar emprestado
català
adoptar
apropiar-se
espanyol
adoptar
Borrow
through the time
Borrow
across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Australia
Common
United States of America
Common
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