adopted

🇺🇸 /əˈdɑːptɪd/ 🇬🇧 /əˈdɒptɪd/
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Tags TOP10000CEFR-B2
adjective
R

legally made part of a family that is not your birth family

They loved their adopted daughter as much as their biological children.

R

a country you choose to live in that is not your birth country

After moving to Canada, she considered it her adopted home.

translation

adj. legally made part of a family that is not your birth family; a country you choose to live in that is not your birth country