Definition of Adoptive

related to someone through adoption (becoming a parent or child of someone not by birth)

Examples of Adoptive in a sentence

The little girl’s adoptive parents gained legal custody of her when she was just two weeks old.  🔊

Although he loved his adoptive family, the young boy yearned to meet the biological mother that had given him up.  🔊

The puppy is being held in the pound until a new adoptive family welcomes him into their home.  🔊

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