Origin: Latin
suffix -ive
Adoptive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
of parents and children; related by adoption
"adoptive parents"
2
acquired as your own by free choice
"my adopted state"
"an adoptive country"
3
Related through adoption.
"The adoptive parents welcomed their new son home on a sunny Saturday morning."
Example Sentences
"adoptive parents"
adjective
"my adopted state"
adjective
"an adoptive country"
adjective