What does adopted mean?
Definitions for adopted
adopt·ed
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Princeton's WordNet
adopted, adoptiveadjective
acquired as your own by free choice
"my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
Webster Dictionary
Adopted
of Adopt
Adoptedadjective
taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word
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Rank popularity for the word 'adopted' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2014
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Rank popularity for the word 'adopted' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3346
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of adopted in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of adopted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of adopted in a Sentence
Whether he's related to one of us or not, we've kind of adopted him into our family, anyway, because it's him that has brought us together, his cause of death isn't really what is of interest anymore. It's more who was he and can we give him his name back.
What this means in real terms is we are missing prevention opportunities, important evidence is being lost that we would normally examine following an accident. And this evidence could potentially support safety recommendations, that once adopted, could prevent future accidents and save countless lives. The NTSB wants to ensure safety across the transportation spectrum, and we are unable to do that as long as this shutdown continues.
Since then, we have chosen to confront our past and to embrace transparency, the ICRC has also adopted a new policy on confidentiality, explicitly acknowledging that there is a path to condemnation of acts of inhumanity.
It is time we let this process play out and crucially regulators also need a time out to assess the impact of all the flurry of measures adopted since the great financial crisis.
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.
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