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adoptive

adjective
🔊/əˈdɒptɪv/
🔊/əˈdɑːptɪv/
 [usually before noun]
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  1. (of a parent, child or family) in that relationship as a result of the parent legally adopting the child收养的；有收养关系的
    • his adoptive father他的养父
    Topics Life stagesc1, Family and relationshipsc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAdoptive is used with these nouns:
    • family
    • father
    • mother
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin adoptivus, from adoptare ‘select for oneself’, from ad- ‘to’ + optare ‘choose’.