adoptive
pronunciation
How to pronounce adoptive in British English:
UK [əˈdɒptɪv]
How to pronounce adoptive in American English:
US [əˈdɑptɪv]
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- Adjective:
- of parents and children; related by adoption
- acquired as your own by free choice
Word Origin
- adoptive (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French adoptif, from Latin adoptivus "pertaining to adoption," from stem of adoptere (see adopt).
Example
- 1. It would not occur to many to defend the exclusion of black adoptive parents , for example .
- 2. Under the government 's plan the adoptive parents would be the children 's legal guardians in the u. s.until the adoption process was completed .
- 3. She recalls her adoptive vietnamese parents arguing about her , the husband shouting , " why did you have to get an amerasian ? "
- 4. Mr unver and his colleagues are developing a way of recommending foster children to adoptive parents in pennsylvania , but the final decision is left to social workers and the families .
- 5. In 2009 china sent less than half the number of children to the u. s.than it sent in 2004 and has introduced a welter of new restrictions on who may adopt ( including the weight of the adoptive parents ) ; the average wait time for a child from china can now be six years .