Definitions for adopted
adopt·ed

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. adopted, adoptive(adj)

   acquired as your own by free choice

   "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Adopted

   of Adopt

2. Adopted(adj)

   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

How to pronounce adopted?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say adopted in sign language?

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. Panos Stefanou:

   If during that period they show us that they have adopted the wild behavior of a bear, then we are optimistic that they will make it.

2. Riyad Mansour:

   The fact that this draft resolution was not adopted will not at all prevent us from proceeding to push the international community, specifically the United Nations, towards an effective involvement to achieving a resolution to this conflict.

3. George Takei:

   There were 6.5 acres covered with barracks, barbwire fence, sentry towers -- I recognize them, i remembered a stray dog that we adopted who would crawl into the crawl space and peer out from under it. Or the mess hall and the noise and the laughter and so forth.

4. Carrie Goldman:

   They don't share the same genes, but they can share the love of 'Star Wars,' when she was 5, Katie connected to the idea of Leia as someone who was also adopted and identified with her. And when we found her birth brother and sister and introduced her to them, to her it felt like when Luke and Leia are reunited.

5. 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.

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