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adjective
Of parents and children; related by adoption.
is similar to: foster, surrogate.
is the opposite of: biological, natural.
derivation: adopt, take in.
Acquired as your own by free choice:— An adoptive country.
synonym: adopted.
is the opposite of: native.
derivation: adopt, borrow, take over, take up.
Dutch: geadopteerd
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