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adopt·ed
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Princeton's WordNet
adopted, adoptiveadjective
acquired as your own by free choice
"my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
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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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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
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
Policies barring participation in interrogation and force feeding are necessary to enable health professionals to fulfill ethical obligations adopted by the health professions to avoid inflicting harm, to be loyal to their patients, and to exercise independent professional judgment, adherence to these ethical standards protects the rights of members of the military and detainees in military custody and also makes our military stronger by avoiding a gulf between military and civilian medicine that could impair recruiting of well qualified health professionals.
Had we adopted non-violence as the weapon of the strong, because we realised that it was more effective than any other weapon, in fact the mightiest force in the world, we would have made use of its full potency and not have discarded it as soon as the fight against the British was over or we were in a position to wield conventional weapons. But as I have already said, we adopted it out of our helplessness. If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.
We mobilized the whole country, laid out an overall plan, responded swiftly, and adopted the most comprehensive, strictest measures to start a people's war on preventing and controlling the outbreak.
It's not something I would have adopted.
I had an abortion when I was 18 and it was a botched back-street affair, i found I could not have children. So I adopted three. They’re my life. And their children. I wanted to share that with others. Because to be adopted is the most wonderful thing in the world.
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