collocation | Adopted child |
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definition | To take another person's child into your own family and legally raise him or her as your own child |
examples | She had the child adopted. e.g.They have no children of their own, but they're hoping to adopt. e.g.They've got two adopted children and one of their own. e.g.The couple adopted a baby girl. e.g.I didn’t find out that I was an adopted child until years later. e.g.Britain's adopted children had come of age. |
Tags: family
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