adopting
Sayuh-DOPT-ingUS/əˈdɑptɪŋ/UK/əˈdɒptɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of adopt.
The couple is adopting their second child this spring.
Adopting stricter safety rules helped the factory avoid accidents.
Note
One spelling does two jobs. After a form of be it builds the progressive (they are adopting), and on its own it names the act the way a noun would (adopting takes patience). Every use of adopt is transitive, so the -ing form nearly always keeps its object in either role: adopting a child, adopting a shelter dog, adopting a new policy. The family meaning and the choosing meaning share the form equally.
adopting is a form of adopt
adopt, verb: To take another's child into your family by choice and raise the child as your own. Full entry
- Spelling
- adopt → adopting: add -ing
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