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EN[ˈpɛəɹənt] [ˈpeəɹənt] [ˈpæɹənt]
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WParent
  • A parent is a caretaker of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is of a child (where "child" refers to offspring, not necessarily age).
  • A parent can also be elaborated as an ancestor removed one generation. With recent medical advances, it is possible to have more than two biological parents.
  • The most common types of parents are mothers, fathers, and grandparents. A mother is "a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth."
  • ^ UK government backs three-person IVF retrieved 30 June 2013
FR parent

    Definition of parent in English Dictionary

  • NounPLparentsPREpar-SUF-ent
    1. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
      1. My twin sister says she loves our parents, but honestly, I dislike them.
    2. A surrogate mother.
      1. A third person who has provided DNA samples in a IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
        1. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
          1. It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.
        2. (obsolete) A relative.
          1. The source or origin of something.
            1. (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
              1. (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
                1. The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
                2. The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them [ …] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. [ …] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate [ …] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
              2. (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
              3. VerbSGparentsPRparentingPT, PPparented
                1. To act as parent, to raise or rear.
                2. More Examples
                  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                    • Her parents were surprised to learn that she had a bun in the oven.
                    • My parents didn't want me to see him any more, but I finally won them around.
                    • He came out about being gay to his parents last week.
                  2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
                    • Parents get after their children to do homework for the best.
                    • Parents of younger children often become upset when they are told that they cannot sit in on the psychological assessment.
                  3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                    • Things started looking up after Jim moved back in with his parents.
                    • If you try to change the school schedule like that, you'll be up against legions of angry parents.
                    • Allowance, a third income test applies on the incomes of the allowee's parents.
                • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
                  1. Nouns
                    • Countable nouns
                    • Verbs
                    Related Links:
                    1. en parents
                    2. fr parents
                    3. fr parent
                    4. en parental
                    5. fr parental
                    Source: Wiktionary

                    Meaning of parent for the defined word.

                    Grammatically, this word "parent" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.
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