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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•dop•tive /əˈdɑptɪv/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- having adopted a child:adoptive parents.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•dop•tive (ə dop′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - of or involving adoption.
- Pronounsacquired or related by adoption:an adoptive father or son.
- tending to adopt.
- Middle French adoptif
- Latin adoptīvus; see adopt, -ive; replacing late Middle English adoptife
- 1400–50
Although adoptive in the sense "acquired or related by adoption'' can refer to either parent or child in such a relationship, adoptive is customarily applied to the parent (her adoptive mother) and adopted to the child (their adopted son). |