parent meaning
EN[ˈpɛəɹənt] [ˈpeəɹənt] [ˈpæɹənt]US
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
- NounPLparentsPREpar-SUF-ent
- One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
- My twin sister says she loves our parents, but honestly, I dislike them.
- A surrogate mother.
- A third person who has provided DNA samples in a IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
- A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
- 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.
- (obsolete) A relative.
- The source or origin of something.
- (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
- (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
- 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.
- 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.
- (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
- One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
- VerbSGparentsPRparentingPT, PPparented
- More Examples
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of parent in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary