adopt
verb (used with object)
to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent.
will have adopted
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future perfectof adopt.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps our political views will change, our cultural fears dissipate, and our treatment of strangers will improve, as we will have adopted a new sense of oneness.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2016
“After an 18-month moratorium on new cell sites that will end this June,” Mr. Loranger said, “Glendale will have adopted one of the most stringent celltower-siting ordinances in the state of California.”
From New York Times ● May 7, 2010
“Even if you’ve been successful at eliminating the threat that they pose, it doesn’t mean every single person ever affiliated with the group will have adopted a new worldview.”
From Washington Post
"And by the end of adolescence, she will have adopted a code of values that will take her through life."
From Time Magazine Archive
I am optimistic enough to believe that a year from now every association will have adopted the uniform schedule.
From Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 by Various
