Meaning & use
adopted
Taken into a family through legal means and raised as one's own child, rather than born into it.
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Their adopted daughter joined the family when she was just two years old.
He proudly introduced his adopted son to the rest of the relatives.
A note on using this word
Adopted can also describe a practice, policy, or country chosen and embraced later in life, as in 'her adopted homeland.'
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2. verb
Simple past tense and past participle of adopt: took up or began to use a particular practice, method, or attitude.
The school adopted a new policy on cell phone use this year.
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