English dictionary: words starting with ado

noun

A state of agitation or fuss, especially about something unimportant.

Usage examples:

This is much ado about almost nothing

suffix

Forming nouns such as bravado, desperado.

noun

A kind of clay used as a building material.

Usage examples:

Adobe houses

noun

The period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.

Usage examples:

Mary spent her childhood and adolescence in europe

adjective

(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.

Usage examples:

Many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children

noun

An adolescent boy or girl.

Usage examples:

The books are aimed at children and adolescents

adverb

In a manner characteristic of an adolescent.

noun

An adolescent boy or girl.

Usage examples:

The books are aimed at children and adolescents

adjective

(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.

Usage examples:

Many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children

proper noun

A beautiful youth loved by both aphrodite and persephone. he was killed by a boar, but zeus decreed that he should spend the winter of each year in the underworld with persephone and the summer months with aphrodite.

noun

An extremely handsome young man.

Usage examples:

Not all of us have the body of an adonis

proper noun

A beautiful youth loved by both aphrodite and persephone. he was killed by a boar, but zeus decreed that he should spend the winter of each year in the underworld with persephone and the summer months with aphrodite.

noun

An extremely handsome young man.

Usage examples:

Not all of us have the body of an adonis

verb

Legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own.

Usage examples:

There are many people eager to adopt a baby

adjective

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)

Usage examples:

At her clinic, she taught undisciplined dogs to behave better so they would be adoptable., when he …

verb

Legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own.

Usage examples:

There are many people eager to adopt a baby

adjective

An adopted child has been legally taken by another family to be taken care of as their own child

Usage examples:

They've got two adopted children and one of their own., spain is my adopted country., an adopted hi…

noun

Someone who has been adopted as a child (= legally taken into another family and cared for as the family's own child)

Usage examples:

Her family included two adoptees, aged 3 and 2., support groups welcome birth parents, adoptees, an…

noun

A person who legally takes another's child and brings it up as their own.

Usage examples:

Misunderstandings about adoption are contributing to a serious shortage of adopters

noun

A person who legally takes another's child and brings it up as their own.

Usage examples:

Misunderstandings about adoption are contributing to a serious shortage of adopters

verb

Legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own.

Usage examples:

There are many people eager to adopt a baby

noun

The action or fact of legally taking another's child and bringing it up as one's own, or the fact of being adopted.

Usage examples:

She placed a child for adoption when she was a teenager

noun

The action or fact of legally taking another's child and bringing it up as one's own, or the fact of being adopted.

Usage examples:

She placed a child for adoption when she was a teenager

adjective

(of a child or parent) in that relationship by adoption.

Usage examples:

He is the adoptive father of his wife's three children

verb

Legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own.

Usage examples:

There are many people eager to adopt a baby

adjective

Inspiring great affection or delight.

Usage examples:

I have four adorable siamese cats

adverb

In a way that inspires great affection; delightfully or charmingly.

Usage examples:

His eyes crinkled adorably when he smiled

noun

Deep love and respect.

Usage examples:

He gave her a look of adoration

adjective

A short form of adorable, used to describe people, animals, or things that are easy to like or love because they are so attractive

Usage examples:

She shared an adorbs picture of her kids on her instagram., "totes adorbs" is a slang abbreviation …

verb

Love and respect (someone) deeply.

Usage examples:

He adored his mother

verb

Love and respect (someone) deeply.

Usage examples:

He adored his mother