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# adoptive

adjective (adoptive)

«adoptive» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Adoptive describes the family who adopts a child: adoptive parents, adoptive mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adoptive/#m1)
2. An adoptive home or country is one you choose and come to belong to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adoptive/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used gently in family talk and stories about adoption; the adopted child is «adopted», the parents are «adoptive».

### Examples

- Ella loves her adoptive parents very much. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adoptive/#x1)
- His adoptive mum came to the school play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adoptive/#x2)
- Canada became her adoptive country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adoptive/#x3)
- The adoptive family welcomed the puppy too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adoptive/#x4)
- Many children grow up happy with adoptive families. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adoptive/#x5)
- Her adoptive brother taught her to ride a bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adoptive/#x6)

### Note

Trap: the parents are adoptive, the child is adopted. Do not say «adopted parents» in careful writing. Adoptive parents are real parents in law and in love; birth parents are the ones who gave birth.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «adoptive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adoptive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«adoptive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/adoptive.html) on Mova free.