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If an animal or child is adoptable, they are available or suitable for adoption (= being permanently taken into someone's home as part of their family): At her clinic , she taught undisciplined dogs to behave better so they would be adoptable.
1. capable of being adopted; suitable or eligible for adoption. an adoptable child. a resolution found to be adoptable. noun. 2. a child who is considered suitable for adoption. fewer adoptables than in previous years. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
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The earliest known use of the adjective adoptable is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for adoptable is from 1793, in the writing of R. Campbell. adoptable is formed within English, by derivation.
Adoptable definition: capable of being adopted; suitable or eligible for adoption. See examples of ADOPTABLE used in a sentence.
: to take (someone or something) by choice into a relationship. They adopted Canada as their home. : such as. a. : to take (a child born to other parents) voluntarily as one's own child especially in compliance with formal legal procedures.
1. To take on the legal responsibilities as parent of (a child that is not one's biological child). 2. To become the owner or caretaker of (a pet, especially one from a shelter). 3. a. To take and follow (a course of action, for example) by choice or assent: adopt a new technique. b. To take up and make one's own: adopt a new idea. 4.
