Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who adopts a child and brings it up as their own.

    a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom's adoptive parents are much kinder to him than his birth parents ever were.

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  2. She loves her adoptive parents deeply.

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  3. The social organization found us adoptive parents.

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  4. Sami started to open up more to his adoptive parents.

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  5. Her adoptive parents are much kinder to her than her birth parents ever were.

    ruЕё приёмные родители гораздо добрее к ней, чем родные.

    deIhre Adoptiveltern sind sehr viel netter zu ihr als es ihre leiblichen Eltern je waren.

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Forms

plural: adoptive parents
Singularadoptive parent
Pluraladoptive parents

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child:adopter

See also

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