adopted

Thân thiện

She proudly holds a photo of her adopted daughter.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Legally taken as one's own child: Describes a child who has been legally and permanently taken into a family to be raised as one's own, with all the rights and responsibilities of a biological child.
   • Chosen or taken as one's own: Describes something (e.g., a country, method, idea) that has been willingly chosen, embraced, or taken on as if it were one's own, though not original or native.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • They love their adopted daughter as much as their biological son.
  • After living there for twenty years, she felt a deep loyalty to her adopted country.
  • The committee adopted a new set of rules. (Note: Here 'adopted' is the past tense of the verb 'to adopt', not the adjective.)

Advanced Usage

• "adopted home": A place where one chooses to live permanently, though it is not one's place of birth.
  • Paris became his adopted home after he left the United States.
• In legal and formal contexts, "adopted" specifies the legal relationship, contrasting with "biological" or "birth".
  • The will names both his biological and his adopted children as beneficiaries.

Variants and Related Words

• Adopt (verb): To take or accept something legally or formally.
  • They decided to adopt a child from overseas.
  • The company will adopt a new policy next month.
• Adoptive (adjective): Describes the parent or family that adopts a child. (Note: 'Adoptive' refers to the parents; 'adopted' refers to the child).
  • She has a very close relationship with her adoptive mother.
• Adoption (noun): The act or process of adopting.
  • The adoption process can be lengthy.

Synonyms

• Chosen: Selected as a favorite or taken on willingly.
• Embraced: Taken up or accepted enthusiastically.
• Foster (in specific contexts): While 'foster' often implies temporary care, in some legal contexts it can overlap. 'Adopted' implies permanence and full legal transfer of parental rights.

Antonyms

• Biological: Related by blood or genetics.
• Native: Belonging to a place by birth or origin.
• Abandoned: Deserted or given up (opposite of the act of adopting).

Related Phrases

• Adopted at birth: Describes a child who was adopted very soon after being born.
  • She was adopted at birth and never knew her biological parents.
• Internationally adopted: Refers to a child adopted from a foreign country.
  • The organization provides support for internationally adopted children.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. acquired as your own by free choice
   • my adopted state
   • an adoptive country

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