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# adopted

«adopted» in Mova's school dictionary: **a child who has become, by law, a full member of a family…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (past of adopt: adopt, adopts, adopted, adopting); adjective (adopted)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An adopted child is a child who has become, by law, a full member of a family that he or she was not born into. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adopted/#m1)

2) Adopted means taken as your own: an adopted pet, an adopted country, an adopted idea or rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adopted/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, adoption is one way families are made; adopted children are as much part of the family as birth children, and how someone joined their family is their private story. Pets are also «adopted» from animal shelters. In school, a class may «adopt» an animal at a zoo by paying for its food, or a school may adopt a new rule. Phrases: adopted son, adopted daughter, adopted from, adopted a dog, adopted country.

### examples

- My cousin was adopted when she was a baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adopted/#x1)
- We adopted a cat from the animal shelter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adopted/#x2)
- Our class adopted a penguin at the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adopted/#x3)
- The school adopted a new rule about phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adopted/#x4)
- Canada is his adopted country — he was born in India. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adopted/#x5)
- Adopted children are real family members. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adopted/#x6)
- The adopted puppy settled in quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adopted/#x7)
- “This woodland child is adopted by the chieftain's eldest daughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adopted/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: adopt, adopted, adopting. Trap: adopt (take as your own) vs adapt (change to fit) — one letter different. «Real parents» can hurt — say «birth parents» for the parents who gave birth, and the adoptive parents are real parents too. Noun: adoption.

### In the corpora

- [The Stranger-man is adopted into the Tribe because he was a gentleman about the mud.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/8/)
- [An adopted or fostered child can choose what to share about their story.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families/15/)
- [If you are adopted or in foster care, you share only what you want; your story is yours to tell or keep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/214-family-changes-and-grief/10/)
- [Adopted children hear all sorts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/522-adoption/21/)
- [Theo's sister Priya was adopted too, from a different birth family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/522-adoption/30/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «adopted» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adopted/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.