(transitive) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. / (transitive) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.

Related through adoption. / Pertaining to adoption.

The act of adopting. / The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.

simple past tense and past participle of adopt

one who adopts

Able to be adopted. / Desirable to adopt.

A person or animal that is eligible to be adopted. / (online gaming) A unique creature for a user to adopt.

plural of adoption

present participle of adopt

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adopt