Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Related through adoption.

    My adoptive parents recently got to know my biological parents.

    adoptiv

    приёмныйprijómnyj

    of parents and children; related by adoption

  2. (not comparable)Pertaining to adoption.

Examples

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

  2. Tom's adoptive father is John.

  3. She loves her adoptive parents deeply.

  4. The dad treated his adoptive son cruelly.

  5. She would make a great adoptive mother.

Translations

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