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Definition of
adoptive adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
adoptive
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
əˈdɑptɪv
/
/
[
usually before noun
]
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an
adoptive
parent or family is one that has legally adopted a child
his adoptive father
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adoptive
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