ADOPTED


Meaning of ADOPTED in English

a ‧ dopt ‧ ed /əˈdɒptəd, əˈdɒptɪd $ əˈdɑːp-/ BrE AmE adjective

1 . an adopted child has been legally made part of a family that he or she was not born into:

his adopted son

2 . your adopted country is one that you have chosen to live in permanently

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.