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English to English adjective
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of parents and children; related by adoption |  | Example: adoptive parents
source: wordnet30
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acquired as your own by free choice | | Example: my adopted state
an adoptive country
source: wordnet30
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Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language. | | source: webster1913
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