[əˈdɒptə], (Noun)

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- a person who legally takes another's child and brings it up as their own
(e.g: misunderstandings about adoption are contributing to a serious shortage of adopters)

- a person or organization that chooses to take up, follow, or use something
(e.g: consumers have been keen adopters of some new payment technologies)


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