parent
IPA: pˈɛrʌnt
noun
- One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
- A surrogate parent.
- A third person who has provided DNA samples in an 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.
- (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.
- A parent company.
- (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
- (physics) The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.
- A surname.
verb
- To act as parent, to raise or rear.
- (programming) To provide a parent object for one or more other objects, which become the children.
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Examples of "parent" in Sentences
- The child was forsaken by his parents.
- Fryns is a girl born to consanguineous parents.
- The child becomes the parent's surrogate spouse.
- It is parents' roles to take care of their children.
- The parents were to berate their child for his fault.
- Fryns syndrome in a girl born to consanguineous parents.
- The child responds physically to the speech of their parent.
- Either situation would be distressing to the parents of the child.
- Secondhand obesity is the effect of a parent's obesity on the child.
- The authoritative parent is responsive to the child's needs but not indulgent.
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