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1. (adj.) adoptive
of or involving adoption.
2. adoptive
acquired or related by adoption:
an adoptive father.
3. adoptive
tending to adopt.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < MF < L)
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| Definition of 'adoptive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) adoptive
of parents and children; related by adoption
"adoptive parents"
2. (adj) adopted, adoptive
acquired as your own by free choice
"my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
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| Definition of 'adoptive' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) adoptive
pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language
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Sense: to take (something) as one's own
After going to France he adopted the French way of life.; his adoptive father.
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 Afrikaans: aangenome |
 Arabic: مُتَعَلِّق بِالتَبَنِّي |
 Bulgarian: приемен |
 Brazilian: adotivo |
 Czech: adoptivní |
 German: Adoptiv... |
 Danish: adoptiv-; foster- |
 Greek: θετός |
 Spanish: adoptivo |
 Estonian: adoptiiv- |
 Farsi: پذیرفته شده |
 Finnish: adoptiovanhempi |
 French: adoptif |
 Hebrew: מְאַמֵץ |
 Hindi: दत्तक |
 Croatian: poočim |
 Hungarian: örökbe fogadó |
 Indonesian: angkat |
 Icelandic: uppeldis-, fóstur- |
 Italian: adottivo |
 Japanese: 養子縁組による |
 Korean: 양자 결연의 |
 Lithuanian: įvaikinęs, įvaikintas |
 Latvian: audžu- |
 Malay: angkat |
 Dutch: adoptief |
 Norwegian: foster- |
 Polish: przybrany |
 Persian: پذیرفته شده |
 Pashto: قبول شوی |
 Portuguese: adoptivo |
 Romanian: adoptiv |
 Russian: приёмный |
 Slovak: adoptívny |
 Slovenian: adoptivni |
 Serbian: usvojen |
 Swedish: adoptiv- |
 Thai: ที่เกี่ยวกับการรับเลี้ยงบ |
 Turkish: evlâtlığa kabul eden |
 Taiwanese: 收養的 |
 Ukrainian: усиновлений |
 Urdu: اختیاری |
 Vietnamese: có quan hệ do nhận con nu |
 Chinese: 收养的 |
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