adopt out
adopt out · adopts out · adopted out · adopting out
To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoptionTo expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.
Meaning
3 sensesTo expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.
To send a son or daughter away to live in another country. (Used with to).
The Chinese girl was adopted out to the United States.
To send a child to be adopted by family of a different culture and ethnicity.
Forms
adopts out, adopting out, adopted out, adopted out| Base form | adopt out · to adopt out |
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| 3rd person singular | adopts out |
| Present participle | adopting out |
| Past simple | adopted out |
| Past participle | adopted out |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb