different between adoptive vs adopt

English

Etymology

adopt +? -ive

Adjective

adoptive (not comparable)

1. Related through adoption.

2. Pertaining to adoption.

Antonyms

• (relation): biological, blood

Translations

French

Adjective

adoptive

1. feminine singular of adoptif

Latin

Adjective

adopt?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of adopt?vus

Swedish

Adjective

adoptive

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of adoptiv.

English

Etymology

From Middle French adopter, from Latin adopt?; ad +? opt? (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- +? opt.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d?pt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d?pt/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.)
   1. (transitive) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

      A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.

   2. (transitive) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.

      We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.

   3. (transitive) To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
2. (transitive) To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
3. (transitive) To select and take or approve.

   to adopt the view or policy of another

   These resolutions were adopted.

   • 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., Article XIV, Section 71, p. 156,^[2]

     Every society should adopt an order of business adapted to its special wants.

4. (transitive, informal, humorous, chess) to win ten consecutive games against an opponent

Usage notes

In the sense of taking a child into one's family, Modern English makes a distinction between fostering (which is implied to be temporary or informal) and adopting (which is permanent and makes the child legally recognized as part of the family). In older usage the two terms were more interchangeable.

Related terms

• adoptee
• adoption
• adoptive
• adoptive father
• adoptive mother
• adopt out

Translations

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a?dopt]

Verb

adopt

1. first-person singular present indicative of adopta
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of adopta