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Princeton's WordNet

  1. adopted, adoptiveadjective

    acquired as your own by free choice

    "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"

Wikipedia

  1. adopted

    Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parents to the adoptive parents. Unlike guardianship or other systems designed for the care of the young, adoption is intended to effect a permanent change in status and as such requires societal recognition, either through legal or religious sanction. Historically, some societies have enacted specific laws governing adoption, while others used less formal means (notably contracts that specified inheritance rights and parental responsibilities without an accompanying transfer of filiation). Modern systems of adoption, arising in the 20th century, tend to be governed by comprehensive statutes and regulations.

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  1. adopted

    Adopted refers to the act of legally taking on the parental responsibilities for someone else's child and bringing them into one's family as their own. It can also refer to something that has been chosen or taken on, such as a culture, policy, method, principle, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Adopted

    of Adopt

  2. Adoptedadjective

    taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'adopted' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2014

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'adopted' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3346

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of adopted in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of adopted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of adopted in a Sentence

  1. Sheldon Yett:

    Children who have not been registered at birth officially don't exist, without citizenship, children... risk marginalisation because they may be unable to access basic health and social services, obtain identity documents, and will be in danger of being trafficked or illegally adopted.

  2. Wu Hailong:

    Since 2014, public security authorities have comprehensively adopted the audio and video recording system for the entire process of interrogation of criminal suspects for major cases, and will gradually apply this system to all criminal cases.

  3. Jennifer Smith:

    I was a little panicked because I didn't know how long John Burley had been in the shelter or if John Burley had already been adopted to another family. It's Christmas time and people get animals, i told John I have a 13-year-old dog Jennifer Smith who I've had since a puppy, so I fully understand the panic. It made my heart sad for him and Boomer.

  4. George Williams:

    The High Court has adopted the strictest possible reading, i'm surprised by the result. I think it delivers a proposition that is unworkable ... because of how hard it will be to comply with these requirements now.

  5. Shannon Monnat:

    Many organizations, universities and cities have adopted The Monday Mile and have seen The Results.

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