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单词 adopted
释义

adopted

adjective

adopt·​ed ə-ˈdäp-təd How to pronounce adopted (audio)
: having been adopted: such as
a
of a child : legally made the son or daughter of someone other than a biological parent
He introduced us to his adopted daughter.
b
: used or chosen in place of or in preference to an original
an adopted name
her adopted home/country

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This will be her first concert in her adopted hometown since Keys moved here several years ago. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Stunned by the botched robbery that left her father in an irreversible coma in 1979, Franklin began traveling between California and Detroit to visit her dad and ultimately bought a house in her adopted hometown. Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2022 An adopted child who doesn’t know his biological parent still shares 3,400 cMs with that person, and hundreds of centiMorgans with numerous cousins from that parent’s family. Josh Zumbrun, WSJ, 20 May 2022 An adopted child becomes your child, as real and visceral as any child would ever be. Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2021 An adopted child becomes your child, as real and visceral as any child would ever be. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2021 An adopted child becomes your child, as real and visceral as any child would ever be. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2021 An adopted child becomes your child, as real and visceral as any child would ever be. Washington Post, 28 June 2021 From her base of Coatepec de Morelos, a village near the city of Zitácuaro, Kennedy, who was born in the U.K., continued to explore and discover food in the heart of her adopted homeland, often in her pickup, well into her 90s. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 25 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of adopt

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

adopted 1 of 2

adjective

as in orphaned

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • orphaned
  • nameless
  • motherless
  • fatherless
  • misbegotten
  • unfathered
  • illegitimate
  • bastard
  • spurious
  • baseborn
  • supposititious
  • natural

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • legitimate

adopted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of adopt
as in embraced
to take for one's own use (something originated by another) shortly after moving to the U.S., the family dutifully adopted the American tradition of having turkey for Thanksgiving

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • embraced
  • borrowed
  • espoused
  • followed
  • assimilated
  • incorporated
  • used
  • cultivated
  • utilized
  • imitated
  • took up
  • took on
  • usurped
  • copied
  • picked up on
  • fostered
  • domesticated
  • appropriated
  • honored
  • absorbed
  • naturalized
  • cherished
  • quoted
  • raised
  • treasured
  • affected
  • took over
  • nurtured
  • assumed
  • heeded
  • pretended
  • arrogated
  • reared
  • prized
  • simulated
  • brought up
  • put on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • abandoned
  • relinquished
  • surrendered
  • forsook
  • rejected
  • disowned
  • renounced
  • gave up
  • repudiated
  • abjured
  • spurned
  • discarded
  • jettisoned
  • abnegated
  • threw out
  • junked
  • threw away
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