transcription, транскрипция: [ ədɒptɪv ]
1.
Someone’s adoptive family is the family that adopted them.
He was brought up by adoptive parents in London.
ADJ : ADJ n
2.
Someone’s adoptive country or city is the one that they choose for their home, although they were not born there.
They threatened to expel him from his adoptive country...
ADJ : ADJ n