Adoptive - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˈdɑːptɪv|  American pronunciation of the word adoptive
Brit.  |əˈdɒptɪv|  British pronunciation of the word adoptive

adjective

- of parents and children; related by adoption
adoptive parents
- acquired as your own by free choice (syn: adopted)
an adoptive country

Extra examples

Brodsky had become a master of his adoptive language.

San Francisco is their adoptive city.

...her adoptive family gave the young girl a sense of belonging that she had never felt before...

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