adoptedadjective
uk/əˈdɒp.tɪd/us/əˈdɑːp.tɪd/adopted adjective (CHILD)
B2 An adopted child has been legally taken by another family to be taken care of as their own child:
They've got two adopted children and one of their own.
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Parenting & caring for children
- adopt
- adoption
- adoptive
- attachment parenting
- au pair
- child-rearing
- childless
- childminder
- counsellor
- custodial
- custody
- nursemaid
- nursery nurse
- nurture
- one-parent family
- open adoption
- pediatrician
- upbringing
- visitation
- wean
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adopted adjective (COUNTRY)
[ before noun ] An adopted country is one where someone chooses to live although they were not born there:
Spain is my adopted country.
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Taking and choosing
- accord
- adopt
- adoption
- appoint
- bags I... idiom
- be between the devil and the deep blue sea idiom
- dip
- either-or
- elect
- empanel
- go off with sth
- have/keep your options open idiom
- impanel
- selection
- selective
- selector
- self-selected
- single sb/sth out
- skim sb/sth off
- slate
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