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adoptive - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'adoptive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Adoptive [ a.]
- Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.

Meaning of 'adoptive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . adoptive [ a]
Meaning (1):
- of parents and children; related by adoption
Example in sentence:
  • adoptive parents
Meaning (2):
- acquired as your own by free choice
Example in sentence:
  • an adoptive country;
  • my adopted state

Nearby Words:

ado adobe adolescence adolescency adolescent adonean adonic adonis adonist adonize

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