son
IPA: sˈʌn
noun
- One's male offspring.
- A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
- A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
- A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict.
- A person regarded as the product of some place.
- A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
- (UK, colloquial) An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.
- (computing) The current version of a file, derived from the preceding father file.
- (music) Son cubano, a genre of music and dance blending Spanish and African elements that originated in Cuba during the late 19th century.
- (Christianity) one of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ
- A surname.
- Initialism of supraoptic nucleus.
- Abbreviation of Sonora. (state of Mexico) [A state of Mexico.]
verb
- (transitive) To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.
- (transitive) To address (someone) as "son".
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Examples of "son" in Sentences
- The mother pampered her sons.
- The mother gave birth to her son.
- The mother never upbraided her son.
- Max Goof, is the son and only child of Goofy.
- His son was a child of privilege, not privation.
- The mother was worried about her son who strayed.
- She is the gentle mother of the sons of this land.
- This child is the son of the magic teacher Orchid.
- Number 17th son was based on the seniority of the mother.
- Dong Qichang was the son of a teacher and somewhat precocious as a child.
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