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Definition: Adopted |
AdoptedAdjective1. Acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country". 2. Having been taken into a specific relationship; "an adopted child". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adopted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To see your adopted child, or parent, in your dreams, indicates that you will amass fortune through the schemes and speculations of strangers. To dream that you or others are adopting a child, you will make an unfortunate change in your abode. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Adoption is the legal act of severing the parental responsibilities and rights of the biological parents of a child and placing those responsibilities and rights onto adoptive parents, taking a child who is not a blood relative into one's own family. Also the biological parents may have lost their responsibilities and rights earlier, or have died (a minority of children who are adopted have been orphaned). It also affects inheritance, for which adopted children are treated as own children.
A related case where government intervention has resulted in adoption is the case where the child's blood relatives belong to an outgroup culture which has been deemed unfit as a whole by the controlling government. Aboriginal Peoples in Australia were affected by such policies, as were Native Americans in the United States and Canada.
Different jurisdictions have varying laws on adoption and post-adoption. Some practise closed adoption, preventing further contact between the adopted person and his/her natural parents, while others have varying degrees of open adoption, which may allow such contact.
Many adopted people and natural parents who were separated by adoption have a natural desire to reunite. In countries which practise closed, secret adoption, this has led to efforts to circumvent sealed records (for example, see Adoption Reunion Registries) and efforts to establish the right of adoptees to access their sealed records (for example, see Bastard Nation).
Adoption is also presented as an argued alternative to abortion.
See also: Affiliation - Adoption in Rome - Bastard Nation
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Adoption in Ancient Rome was a fairly common procedure, particularly in the upper senatorial class. As Rome was ruled by a selected number of families, every senator's duty was to produce sons to inherit the estate, family name and political tradition. But a large family was an expensive luxury. Daughters had to be provided with a suitable dowry and sons had to be pushed through the political offices of the cursus honorum. The higher the political status of a family, the higher was the cost. Due to this, Roman families restricted the amount of children, avoiding more than three. The six sons and daughters of Appius Claudius Pulcher (lived 1st century BC) were considered at the time as political suicide. Sometimes, not having enough children proved to be a wrong choice. Infants could die and the lack of male births was always a risk. For families cursed with too many sons and the ones with no boys at all, adoption was the only solution. Even the wealthy Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus did not hesitate in giving his two oldest boys for adoption, one to the Cornelii Scipiones (Scipio Aemilianus, the winner of the Third Punic War), the other to Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator.In Roman law, the power to give children in adoption was one of the recognised powers of the pater familias. The adopted boy would usually be the oldest, the one with proved health and abilities. Adoption was an expensive agreement for the childless family and quality must be insured. Adoption was agreed between families of equal status, often political allies and/or with blood connections. A sum of money was exchanged between the parts and the boy assumed the adoptive father's name, added by a cognomen that indicated his original family (see Roman naming convention). He also acquired the adoptive father's status, meaning that if the boy was born in a patrician family, he would become a plebeian through adoption, and vice versa. Adoption was not secretive or considered shameful, nor was the adopted boy expected to cut ties to his original family. Like a marriage contract, adoption was a way to reinforce inter-family ties and political alliances. The adopted was often in a privilege situation, enjoying both original and adoptive family connections. Almost every politically famous Roman family recurred to it.
Probably the most famous adopted man in Republican times was Augustus Caesar. Born as Gaius Octavius, he was adopted by his great-uncle Julius Caesar and acquired the name of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. This is why Augustus is often mentioned in literature as Octavian.
In the Roman Empire, adoption was the most common way of acceding the throne. During the 2nd century, in the Nervan-Antonian Dynasty, the most apt successor was adopted by the emperor, thus legalizing his position. Emperors like Trajan, Hadrian or Marcus Aurelius are examples of adopted successors. Another example of an adopted Roman Emperor is Nero. He was the son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina Minor, a woman of the imperial family, and was named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. In 49 AD his mother married Emperor Claudius and persuaded him to adopt Lucius as his son. He then acquired the name Tiberius Claudius Nero Domitianus and inherited the throne in 54 AD as Nero.
Adoption proved a more flexible and workable tool for orderly succession in the Roman Empire than natural succession did, seeing that it guaranteed that people of promise, and often of proven competence, were named as official successors to what was in effect a military dictatorship. By contrast, the succession of Marcus Aurelius's natural son Commodus to the throne proved to be a turning point in the Empire's declining fortunes.
See also: adoption
History -- Ancient History -- Ancient Rome -- Roman culture
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Adoption in Rome."
Synonym: AdoptedSynonym: adoptive (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: native (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Piety | Elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Adopted |
| Etymologies containing "adopted": Adopt. (references) |
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Screenplays | I'm adopted! (House on Haunted Hill; writing credit: Dick Beebe) I've come to the conclusion that Dulcy must have been adopted by the family (Not So Dumb; writing credit: Marc Connelly; George S. Kaufman) Not to me -- she was adopted! (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon) Maybe you were adopted. (Back to the Future; writing credit: Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale) We've adopted Satan (Problem Child; writing credit: Scott Alexander; Larry Karaszewski) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Adopted Son (1917) | |
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 | Shown is page 2 of the newspaper Washington Post on August 6, 1937 just after President Roosevelt signed a bill to authorize the erection of the National Cancer Institute, with Dr. Carl Voegtlin as the Chief. Shown are photos of Drs. Carl Voegtlin, R. H. Fitch, Herbert Kaher and Thomas Parran (Surgeon General). Shown is "'Conquer Cancer' Adopted as Battle Cry of the Public Health Service.". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Figure 14. Baillie sounder, a version of the Hydra sounder, was designed in 1871 by Lieutenant Charles W. Baillie, RN, when he was on the North American station. This instrument was almost immediately adopted by the British Hydrogra phic Office. Two of these instruments were placed on the CHALLENGER in 1873 and used successfully. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 43. Nansen total immersion hydrometer, an instrument of variable weight and constant volume. The fact that the instrument is completely immersed during use explains the term "constant volume." Its principle was first put forth by Giuseppe Pisati in 1890 and adopted by Fridthof Nansen in 1900. In 1901 it was used by Jacob Schetelig, Nansen's assistant, from the MICHAEL SARS. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Horses waiting to be adopted at Camp Verde. Credit: Dorthea Booth. |
 | Two adopted Horses learning how to trust. Credit: Merv Coleman. |  | Grooming an Adopted Horse. Credit: Merv Coleman. |
 | Bobby Ingersol on "Kiger Cougar", an adopted kiger mustang, at Bell A Ranch arena in Burns. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |  | As publicity for Wild Horse and Burro program, adopted wild burros pull wagons on U.S. Highway 20. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |
 | Proud adopter shows off his adopted Kiger Mustang in Longview, WA adoption and horse show. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |  | Professional trainer, Bobby Ingersol, shows off Kiger Cougar, an adopted Kiger Mustang. Southeast Oregon. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |
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| "Basil" by Kenneth Love Commentary: "The cat that has adopted us. We named him Basil." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Frank A. Vanderlip | The conservative in financial circles I have often described as a man who thinks nothing new ought ever to be adopted for the first time. |
Miguel De Cervantes | By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom. |
Novalis | My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it. |
St. Jerome | The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end. |
Steven Wright | My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Congress, on the 21st of February, 1787, adopted a resolution in favor of a convention, and the Legislatures of those States which had not already done so (with the exception of Rhode Island) promptly appointed delegates. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | She further renounces all claim to participate in any measures whatsoever which may be adopted for the rehabilitation of Liberia. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | The "separate but equal" doctrine adopted in Plessy v. Ferguson, has no place in the field of public education. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | Sylvie adopted the suggestion instantly |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | Arthur had adopted his normal crisis role, which was to stand with his mouth hanging open and let it all wash over him. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In our day, the champions of the Past, unable to deny these things, have adopted the alternative of smiling at them |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | We have adopted Christianity merely as an improved method of agriculture |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The plan was adopted by DHHS and is revised as new concerns emerge. (references) | |
Because many states have adopted laws requiring that all garbage fed to hogs be sterilized, fewer people get trichinosis. (references) | ||
Adopted children may not know their genetic heritage, or early symptoms in an individual may be too slight to attract attention. (references) | ||
Business | Movcom/Bellsouth adopted CDMA technology. (references) | |
Turkey has adopted the 12-digit HS number system as part of the same agreement. (references) | ||
Sweden has adopted the Nice International Classification System for registration purposes. (references) | ||
Children | Rwanda | Many of the children abroad have been adopted. (references) |
Lebanon | Implementing regulations have not yet been adopted. (references) | |
Botswana | The Adoption Act also continued to be reviewed to ensure that adopted children are provided for and not exploited as labor. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bosnia and Herzegovina | The law had not yet been adopted at year's end. (references) |
Dominican Republic | It also asked for a government report every 2 months on provisional measures that were expected to be adopted to comply with the Court's decision. (references) | |
Turkey | In July the Council of Europe adopted an Interim Resolution regarding a number of judgements before the ECHR regarding violations of free expression. (references) | |
Discrimination | Indonesia | The Guidelines of State Policy (legal statutes adopted by the MPR) explicitly state that women have the same rights, obligations, and opportunities as men. (references) |
Indonesia | However, guidelines adopted in the past 20 years also state that women's participation in the development process must not conflict with their role in improving family welfare and the education of the younger generation. (references) | |
Indonesia | An amendment to the Constitution adopted during 2000 introduced the possibility of affirmative action to achieve fair and equal treatment; however, some activists believe that because the amendment does not mention men or women specifically, it would not adequately protect women. (references) | |
Economic History | Poland | Poland has adopted the "polluter pays" principle. (references) |
Moldova | Moldova has adopted laws on property and on mortgages. (references) | |
Lebanon | Lebanon has recently adopted a law to combat money laundering. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | In over 20 years since the Hudood Ordinances were adopted, not a single Hadd punishment has been carried out. (references) |
Paraguay | The court held that General Duarte could be convicted for crimes committed before the 1992 Constitution was adopted. (references) | |
Somalia | In 2000 Somaliland adopted a new Constitution based on democratic principles but continued to use the pre-1991 Penal Code. (references) | |
Indigenous People | El Salvador | Early in the 20th century, facing active repression, most indigenous people adopted local customs and successfully assimilated into the general population, from which they now are generally indistinguishable. (references) |
Minorities | Latvia | Ecumenism still is a new concept in the country, and traditional religions have adopted a distinctly reserved attitude towards the concept. (references) |
Cameroon | Although some Kirdi subsequently have adopted Islam, the Kirdi remain socially, educationally, and economically disadvantaged relative to the Fulani in the three northern provinces. (references) | |
Political Economy | OMAN | Generally, GCC standards are adopted and used. (references) |
MEXICO | In December 199, the commission adopted a 10 percent increase. (references) | |
EGYPT | In 1994, Egypt adopted the Harmonized System of customs classification. (references) | |
Political Rights | Portugal | Some political parties have adopted internal quotas for women. (references) |
Burundi | The National Assembly adopted the Transitional Constitutional Act and a Transitional Political Platform. (references) | |
Mali | The President also promulgates laws within 15 days, following transmission to the Government of a final adopted text. (references) | |
Trade | Kazakhstan | Numerous Kazakhstani entities adopted ISO 9000. (references) |
Ghana | The GSB has not yet adopted the ISO 9000 for Ghana. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | In 1997, Kazakhstan adopted HS 96 as its tariff nomenclature. (references) | |
Travel | Norway | Norway has adopted a zero tolerance policy regarding drinking and driving. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | Modern Saudi Arabia has adopted many of the business methods and styles of the West, but differences remain. (references) | |
Turkey | However, having ties with western countries, Turkish people in major cities have adopted a western way of life. (references) | |
Women | Bhutan | In 1996 the National Assembly adopted a revised Rape Act. (references) |
Yemen | However, FGM technically remains legal, and local women's groups have not adopted the problem as a major concern. (references) | |
Slovak Republic | Many activists noted that the Government adopted a law in 2000 that addresses specifically abuse of family members. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Fiji | The FTUC has in recent years adopted a more independent political stance. (references) |
Korea | In 1994 the authorities reportedly adopted new labor regulations for enterprises involving foreign investments. (references) | |
China | The law prohibits the employment of children, but the Government has not adopted a comprehensive policy to combat child labor. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service. K K is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced away back beyond them to the Cerathians, a small commercial nation inhabiting the peninsula of Smero. In their tongue it was called Klatch, which means "destroyed." The form of the letter was originally precisely that of our H, but the erudite Dr. Snedeker explains that it was altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of the great temple of Jarute by an earthquake, circa 730 B.C. This building was famous for the two lofty columns of its portico, one of which was broken in half by the catastrophe, the other remaining intact. As the earlier form of the letter is supposed to have been suggested by these pillars, so, it is thought by the great antiquary, its later was adopted as a simple and natural -- not to say touching -- means of keeping the calamity ever in the national memory. It is not known if the name of the letter was altered as an additional mnemonic, or if the name was always Klatch and the destruction one of nature's pums. As each theory seems probable enough, I see no objection to believing both -- and Dr. Snedeker arrayed himself on that side of the question. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Paula Poundstone | I fostered eight kids and I adopted three of them. I adopted when the circumstances warranted adoption. The other kids were returned to their birth families. |
Rostom al-Zoubi | We said we don't. That's why we submitted this draft resolution to the Security Council. And then the specialized authority of United Nations should go to implement this resolution if it's adopted by the Security Council. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Besides this, such repeated changes take place, that all arrangement is set at nought, and the constant fluctuation of things, deranges every plan, as fast as adopted. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | To accomplish this important object, a prudent foresight requires that systematic measures be adopted for procuring at all times the requisite timber and other supplies. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | What ever of regulation in our laws has ever been adopted unfavorable to the interest of any foreign nation has been essentially defensive and counteracting to similar regulations of theirs operating against us. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Indeed, it is not probable that such an idea ever occurred to the States when they adopted the Constitution. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise equality. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | How the public debt is to be paid or specie payments resumed is not so important as that a plan should be adopted and acquiesced in. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Further, I will not hesitate to veto any new spending programs adopted by the Congress. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Forty Federal agencies have adopted programs to comply with the requirements of the Order. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | As a matter of fact, if adopted, it will improve our deficit reduction goals. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Corporal Gregory Depestre went to Haiti as part of his adopted country's force to help secure democracy in his native land. |
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| "Adopted" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 80.42% of the time. "Adopted" is used about 3,775 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 80.42% | 3,036 | 3,087 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 13.13% | 495 | 12,127 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 6.43% | 243 | 19,167 |
| Conjunction (subordinating) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,775 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "adopted": adopted brother ♦ adopted child ♦ adopted children ♦ adopted country ♦ adopted daughter ♦ adopted home ♦ adopted hometown ♦ adopted son ♦ be adopted. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "adopted": re-adopted. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "adopted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aangenome (accepted). (various references) | |
Albanian | adoptuar, i pranuar (accepted, accredited, avowed, canonic, canonical, received), i adoptuar. (various references) | |
Arabic | متخذ, متبن (haymaking). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | усвоен, осиновен (adoptive). (various references) | |
Chinese | 采取 (Adopt, Adopting, taken, taking, Taking-off, Took). (various references) | |
Czech | adoptovaný. (various references) | |
Danish | adoptivforælder (adopted child, adopter parent, adoptive parent), angivelsen indledes med ordene under henvisning til (the provisions under which the Regulation is adopted preceded by the words Having regard to), adopteret barn (adopted child, adopter parent, adoptive parent), maengdegaranti (measures adopted to ensure supplies), barn (bairn, child, infant, offspring, young), budgetforslaget betragtes som endeligt vedtaget (the draft budget shall be deemed to be finally adopted), de af Faellesskabernes institutioner vedtagneretsakter (acts adopted by the institutions of the Communities), de bestemmelser,i henhold til hvilke forordningen er udstedt (the provisions under which the Regulation is adopted preceded by the words Having regard to), der er adopteret (adopted child), Domstolen udarbejder en instruks for justitssekretæren (Instructions to the Registrar shall be adopted by the Court), efter hvert traek af kulploven rykkes transportoeren frem over en forud bestemt afstand : i Storbritannien kendes metoden under betegnelsen fixed out ploughing (at each plough run the conveyor is moved forward by a fixed amount - method adopted in Great Britain under the name fixed cut ploughing), ensidig beslutning fra myndigheds side (unilateral measure adopted by the authority), forslaget betragtes som vedtaget (the proposal shall be deemed to have been adopted), i vandholdig eller loes bjerggrund maa man foretage afstivningen ved hjaelp af frysning (in wet or loose ground the freezing method has to be adopted), undlader en af de to institutioner at godkende den foreslåede retsakt,anses denne for ikke-vedtaget (if one of the two institutions fails to approve the proposed act, it shall be deemed not to have been adopted), obligatoriske udgifter (compulsory expenditure, expenditure necessarily resulting from the Treaty or from acts adopted in accordance therewith), OU (compulsory expenditure, expenditure necessarily resulting from the Treaty or from acts adopted in accordance therewith), pris-og mængdehypoteser (assumptions adopted for prices and quantities), regnskabsregulativer,som navnlig fastlaegger de naermere retningslinjer for opstillingen af budgettet (financial regulations specifying in particular the procedure to be adopted for establishing the budget), retsakt som Raadet vedtager (act adopted by the Council), retsakt,der er udstedt til disses gennemførelse (act adopted as implementation thereof), sidste behørigt vedtagne budget (last budget duly adopted), Statut for Europaraadet med aendringer og tekster af statutmaessig karakter vedtaget i maj og august 1951 (Statute of the Council of Europe incorporating Amendments and Texts of a Statutory Character adopted in May and August 1951), udgifter der noedvendigt foelger af traktaten eller af retsakter udstedt i henhold til denne (compulsory expenditure, expenditure necessarily resulting from the Treaty or from acts adopted in accordance therewith), udgifter,der nødvendigt følger af Traktater eller af retsakter udstedt i henhold til disse;udgifter,der er en nødvendig følge af Traktaterne eller af retsakter udstedt i henhold til disse (expenditure necessarily arising from the Treaties or from acts adopted pursuant thereto), udstedt folgende forordning (has adopted this Regulation), fortegnelse over de retsakter,der er vedtaget ved skriftlig afstemning (summary of acts adopted by a written vote). (various references) | |
Dutch | geadopteerd (adoptive), aangenomen (adoptive, job-). (various references) | |
Esperanto | adoptita. (various references) | |
Finnish | jonkun nimikko (named after). (various references) | |
French | adoptif (adoptive). (various references) | |
Frisian | oannommen (job-). (various references) | |
German | nahm an, angenommen (accepted, adoptive, assumed, assuming, assumptive, imbibed, notional, presuming, supposing, suppositional, understood), adoptierte. (various references) | |
Greek | υιοθετημένος, θετόσ (adoptive). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | adoptuar. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מאומץ (forced, strenuous). (various references) | |
Hungarian | adoptált, örökbe fogadott személy, örökbe fogadott (adoptee, adoptive). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pungut. (various references) | |
Italian | adottivo (adoptive, Foster), adottato. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 貰い子 (adopted child, foster child), 養女 (adopted daughter, foster daughter), 養子 (adopted child, son-in-law), 義子 (adopted child), 受け腰 (stance adopted when prepared to catch an object), 婿入り (being adopted into the family of one's bride), 婿入 (being adopted into the family of one's bride), 仮親 (adopted parents, temporarily assumed parents), 娘婿 (adopted son-in-law). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎし (adopted child, artificial limb, artificial tooth, councillor, engineer, falsified history, feigning death, legislator, loyal retainer, sister-in-law, technician), うけごし (stance adopted when prepared to catch an object), かりおや (adopted parents, temporarily assumed parents), むすめむこ (adopted son-in-law), むこいり (being adopted into the family of one's bride), もらいご (adopted child, foster child), ようじょ (adopted daughter, enchantress, foster daughter, little girl, vamp), ようし (adopted child, appearance, blank form, essentials, figure, fundamentals, gist, paper manufactured in the Western manner, premature death, proton, son-in-law, summary). (various references) | |
Korean | 채택하는. (various references) | |
Manx | dolteyder (adopted parent, adopter, fosterer), doltey firryn (adopted son), doltey (adopt, adopted child, cadet, foster, initiate, initiation, protege, pupil, ward). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adopteday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | adotivo (adoptive, foster, inspection), adotado (adoptee, assumed). (various references) | |
Romanian | înfiat. (various references) | |
Russian | усвоенный, принимать принятый;приемный, приемный (adoptive). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | usvojen (received), prihvaćen (received), posvojen. (various references) | |
Spanish | adoptivo (adoptive, fostered). (various references) | |
Swedish | införda. (various references) | |
Turkish | kabul edilen (accepted, acknowledged, putative), evlat edinilmiş (adoptive), benimsenen. (various references) | |
Turkmen | цweя (father). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | запозичений (second hand, unoriginal), прийомний (adoptive, receiving). (various references) | |
Welsh | mabwysiadol (adoptive). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "adopted": preadopted, readopted. (additional references) | |
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"Adopted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adopte, adpted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adopted" (pronounced udÄ"ptud) |
| 5 | -Ä" p t u d | opted. |
| 4 | -p t u d | accepted, adapted, attempted, bankrupted, conscripted, corrupted, interrupted, disrupted, encrypted, erupted, excepted, excerpted, exempted, intercepted, preempted, prompted, scripted, sculpted, tempted, uninterrupted, unscripted. |
| 3 | -t u d | abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: doated. | |
-2 letters: adept, adopt, dated, depot, doped, doted, opted, pated, taped, toped. | |
-3 letters: aped, apod, atop, dado, date, dato, dead, doat, dopa, dope, dote, eddo, odea, oped, pate, peat, poet, tape, tepa, toad, toea, toed, tope. | |
-4 letters: add, ado, ape, apt, ate, dad, dap, doe, dot, eat, eta, oat, odd, ode, ope, opt, pad. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-o-p-t" | |
+2 letters: coadapted, postdated, readopted. | |
+3 letters: depredator, paddleboat, preadopted, videotaped. | |
+4 letters: depopulated, depredation, depredators, depredatory, paddleboats. | |
+5 letters: depredations, disappointed, postdeadline, predominated, proudhearted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
