adopt
verb [T or I] (TAKE CHILD) /əˈdɒpt/
/-ˈdɑːpt/ Definition
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2. Practise
B2 to take another person's child into your own family and legally take care of him or her as your own child: They've adopted a baby girl. She had the child adopted (= she gave her baby to someone else to look after). They have no children of their own, but they're hoping to adopt. → Compare foster verbParenting and caring for children
(Definition of adopt verb (TAKE CHILD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- adopted adjective (CHILD)
- adoption noun (TAKING CHILD)
- adoptive adjective
- au pair noun
- baby verb
- childless adjective
- childminder noun
- counsellor noun
- custody noun (CARE)
- farm sb out phrasal verb
- foster verb (TAKE CARE OF)
- nurse noun
- nurse verb (FEED)
- nurse verb (TAKE CARE OF)
- one-parent family noun
- open adoption noun
- orphan verb
- orphanage noun
- paediatric adjective
- pediatrician noun
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