adopted

a·dopt  (-dpt)

tr.v. a·dopt·ed, a·dopt·ing, a·dopts

1. To take into one's family through legal means and raise as one's own child.

2.

a. To take and follow (a course of action, for example) by choice or assent: adopt a new technique.

b. To take up and make one's own: adopt a new idea.

3. To take on or assume: adopted an air of importance.

4. To vote to accept: adopt a resolution.

5. To choose as standard or required in a course: adopt a new line of English textbooks.

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[Middle English adopten, from Old French adopter, from Latin adoptre : ad-, ad- + optre, to choose.]

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a·dopta·bili·ty n.

a·dopta·ble adj.

a·dopter n.

a·doption n.

Usage Note: Children are adopted by parents, and one normally refers to an adopted child but to adoptive parents, families, and homes. When describing places, one can use either adopted or adoptive: She enjoys living in her adopted country. Detroit is their adoptive city.

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adopted [əˈdɒptɪd]

adj

having been adopted an adopted child Compare adoptive

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

adopted - acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country" adoptive native - belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language"

Translations

adopted [əˈdɒptɪd] ADJ [child] → adoptivo, adoptado(Mex)

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adopted [əˈdɒptɪd] adj

[child] → adopté(e); [son, daughter] → adoptif/ive; [sister, brother] → d'adoption

[country, home] → d'adoption, adoptif/ive

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adopted

adj → Adoptiv-, adoptiert; adopted child → Adoptivkind nt; her adopted country/home town → ihre Wahlheimat

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adopted [əˈdɒptɪd] adj → adottivo/a

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adopted → مُتَبَنَّى adoptovaný adopteret adoptiert υιοθετημένος adoptado adoptoitu adopté usvojen adottato 養子になった 입양된 geadopteerd adoptert adoptowany adoptado, adotado приемный adopterad รับเลี้ยงเป็นลูก evlat edinilmiş được nhận làm con nuôi 被收养者