adoptive
/əˈdɒptɪv/
adoptive adjective: related through adoption.
Adjective
adoptive (not comparable)
- Related through adoption.
- My adoptive parents recently got to know my biological parents.
- Pertaining to adoption.
adoptive meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Punjabi and Odia
adoptive in Tamil
- ஏற்புடை, மேற்கொள்ளத் தக்க
adoptive in Urdu
- اختیاری, اپنانے کے قابل, گود لیوا
adoptive in Punjabi
- ਗੋਦ ਲੈਣ ਵਾਲੀ
adoptive in Odia
- ପୋଷ୍ଯ଼
More languagesFewer languages
- adoptive in Malay
- angkat
Antonyms of adoptive
Origin of adoptive
From adopt + -ive.
Words formed from adoptive
Phrases with adoptive
Questions about adoptive
- What does adoptive mean?
- Adoptive means related through adoption.
- What is adoptive in Tamil?
- Adoptive in Tamil is ஏற்புடை, மேற்கொள்ளத் தக்க. See Adoptive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is adoptive?
- Adoptive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce adoptive?
- Adoptive is pronounced /əˈdɒptɪv/.
Words near adoptive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: adoptive (page history and authors); adoptive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adoptive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adoptive (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adoptive (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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