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ALL meanings of adopted

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  • adjective adopted having been adopted 3
  • noun adopted Legally take another's child and bring it up as one's own. 1
  • verb with object adopted to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname. 1
  • verb with object adopted to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act. 1
  • verb with object adopted to take or receive into any kind of new relationship: to adopt a person as a protégé. 1
  • verb with object adopted to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course. 1
  • verb with object adopted to vote to accept: The House adopted the report. 1
  • verb with object adopted to accept or act in accordance with (a plan, principle, etc.). 1
  • adjective adopted child: by parents 1
  • adjective adopted custom: taken on 1
  • adjective adopted resolution: accepted 1
  • verb adopted simple past tense and past participle of adopt. 0
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