adopted

3 definitions • 3 examples

An adopted child has been legally taken by another family to be taken care of as their own child:

They've got two adopted children and one of their own.

An adopted country is one where someone chooses to live although they were not born there:

Spain is my adopted country.

(of a road, etc.) owned and maintained (= kept in good condition) by a local government:

An adopted highway is maintained at public expense.