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adopts out

adopts out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 adopts out

What is adopts out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Adopts out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of adopt out.

Words near adopts out in the dictionary

  1. adoptive siblings
  2. adoptively
  3. adoptor
  4. adoptors
  5. adopts
  6. adopts out
  7. adorabilities
  8. adorability
  9. adorable
  10. adorableness
  11. adorablenesses

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