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adopting out

adopting out is the present participle and gerund of adopt out.

Meaning of adopt out

Verb

adopt out (third-person singular simple present adopts out, present participle adopting out, simple past and past participle adopted out)

  1. To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.
  2. To send a son or daughter away to live in another country. (Used with to).
    • The Chinese girl was adopted out to the United States.
  3. To send a child to be adopted by family of a different culture and ethnicity.

Questions about adopting out

What is adopting out the present participle and gerund of?
Adopting out is the present participle and gerund of adopt out.

Words near adopting out in the dictionary

  1. adoptianist
  2. adoptianistic
  3. adoptianists
  4. adoptians
  5. adopting
  6. adopting out
  7. adoption
  8. adoption name
  9. adoption names
  10. adoptional
  11. adoptionism

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