Definition of 'parent'
Word forms: parents
1. countable noun
Your parents are your mother and father.
Children need their parents.
This is where a lot of parents go wrong.
2. See also single parent
3. adjective [ADJ n]
An organization's parent organization is the organization that created it and usually still controls it.
Each unit including the parent company has its own, local management.
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noun
1.
a mother or father
2.
a progenitor or ancestor
4.
anything from which other things are derived; source; origin
adjective
6.
designating anything in relation to something for which it is the source
other books based on this parent work
verb transitive, verb intransitive
7.
to be or act as the parent (of)
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
noun
noun
2.
a person acting as a father or mother; guardian
4.
a source or cause
5.
a.
an organism or organization that has produced one or more organisms or organizations similar
to itself
b.
(as modifier)
a parent organism
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Derived forms
noun
Word origin of 'parent'
Example sentences containing 'parent'
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Please make sure you get your parent or guardian to submit the entry for you. The Sun (2016)The parents go abroad because they have no choice. The Sun (2016)His adoptive parents were solicitors from Leicestershire. Times, Sunday Times (2016)It was tough for my mom because she was a single parent and my father didn't treat her too good. Times, Sunday Times (2016)The company reduced its tax bill by sending the fees paid by British sellers to its Swiss parent company. The Sun (2016)But schools that do have a pushy parent body generally do get much better results. Times, Sunday Times (2014)Parents buy cheaper foods that are higher in sugar content. The Sun (2012)The winners must be accompanied by a parent or guardian on the match day. Times, Sunday Times (2008)Some say that our parents are responsible. Times, Sunday Times (2010)The first "acquaintance" process after delivery may be an especially important one for parents. The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)They will take up far less space indoors over the winter than the big parent plants. Times, Sunday Times (2013)The parent is always going to be the bad guy. The Sun (2010)You can be wrong as a parent. Times, Sunday Times (2013)There are many reasons why parents choose particular schools. Times, Sunday Times (2008)We need to make parents and careers advisers more aware of the opportunities. Times, Sunday Times (2016)We are both thrilled and cannot wait to become parents. The Sun (2015)Parents or guardians must stand their ground. The Sun (2008)He says that his parents are proud of him. Times, Sunday Times (2011)They lived initially with the mother 's parents. Times, Sunday Times (2015)There is method in the parent body 's approach. Times, Sunday Times (2015)A church is recognized as tax exempt if it is included in a list provided by the parent organization. Christianity Today (2000)My father 's parents raised me. Trauma and Recovery (1992)On open day I was interviewing parents and my mother happened to be visiting me. Coping With Sudden Hair Loss (1988)The parent company is worth its 80m net assets in 2013-14. Times, Sunday Times (2016)My mother's and father 's parents were already there. Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Quotations
Honour thy father and thy mother Bible: Exodus
Parents love their children more than children love their parents Auctoritates Aristotelis
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive themA Woman of No Importance
Parents ... are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early yearsA Buyer's Market
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Translations for 'parent'
British English: parent
/ˈpɛərənt/ NOUN
A parent is a father or mother.
...the relationship of parent and child.
- American English: parent
- Arabic: والِدٌ أوْ وَالِدَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: pai
- Chinese: 父亲或母亲
- Croatian: roditelj
- Czech: rodič
- Danish: forælder
- Dutch: ouder
- European Spanish: uno de los padres
- Finnish: vanhempi lapsen
- French: parent père, mère
- German: Elternteil
- Greek: γονέας
- Italian: genitore
- Japanese: 親
- Korean: 아버지
- Norwegian: forelder
- Polish: rodzic
- European Portuguese: pai
- Romanian: părinte
- Russian: родитель
- Spanish: uno de los padres
- Swedish: förälder
- Thai: พ่อหรือแม่
- Turkish: ebeveyn
- Ukrainian: батько
- Vietnamese: bố hoặc mẹ
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