adoptive

a·dop·tive

A0095900 (ə-dŏp′tĭv)adj.1. a. Characteristic of or having to do with adoption.b. Related by adoption: "increased honesty and sharing between birth families, adoptive families and adoptees" (Robyn S. Quinter).2. Being a place that one has moved to or resettled in: our adoptive city. See Usage Note at adopt.

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a·dop′tive·ly adv.

adoptive

(əˈdɒptɪv) adj1. acquired or related by adoption: an adoptive father. 2. of or relating to adoption. Compare adopted

a•dop•tive

(əˈdɒp tɪv)

adj. 1. of or involving adoption. 2. acquired or related by adoption: an adoptive father. 3. tending to adopt. [1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin] a•dop′tive•ly, adv. usage: adoptive is customarily applied to the parent (her adoptive mother) and adopted to the child (their adopted son).

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	adoptive - of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive parents"biological - of parents and children; related by blood; "biological child"
	2.	adoptive - acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"adopted

Translations

收养的

adopt

(əˈdopt) verb1. to take (a child of other parents) as one's own. Since they had no children of their own they decided to adopt a little girl. 收養 收养2. to take (something) as one's own. After going to France he adopted the French way of life. 採納 采纳aˈdoption (-ʃən) noun 收養，採納 采纳aˈdoptive (-tiv) adjectivehis adoptive father. 收養的 收养的