adoptive

«adoptive» in Mova's school dictionary: Adoptive describes the family who adopts a child:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (adoptive)

meaning for a pupil

1) Adoptive describes the family who adopts a child: adoptive parents, adoptive mother. tree →

2) An adoptive home or country is one you choose and come to belong to. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used gently in family talk and stories about adoption; the adopted child is «adopted», the parents are «adoptive».

examples

• Ella loves her adoptive parents very much. tree →
• His adoptive mum came to the school play. tree →
• Canada became her adoptive country. tree →
• The adoptive family welcomed the puppy too. tree →
• Many children grow up happy with adoptive families. tree →
• Her adoptive brother taught her to ride a bike. tree →

note

Trap: the parents are adoptive, the child is adopted. Do not say «adopted parents» in careful writing. Adoptive parents are real parents in law and in love; birth parents are the ones who gave birth.

In the corpora

• The birth parents are the ones the child was born to; the adoptive parents are the ones who bring the child up.
• Birth parents are the parents a child was born to; adoptive parents are the parents who bring the child up.
• Adoptive parents are real parents.
• Adoptive families can look different from each other; staring is rude, and a child chooses what to share.
• Adoptive parents are real parents; a calm, proud answer can stop a cruel comment.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «adoptive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.