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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Parent has 2 senses
- parent(n = noun.person) Array - a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian; Array is a member of family, family unit
- parent(n = noun.tops) Array - an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained; Array is a kind of being, organism
has particulars: adopter, adoptive parent, empty nester, begetter, father, male parent, filicide, female parent, mother, stepparent
is a kind of genitor
Antonym: child
Derived forms verb parent1, adjective parental2, adjective parental1, noun parenthood1
Verb Parent has 1 sense
- parent(v = verb.social) bring up, nurture, raise, rear - bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" Derived forms noun parent1, noun parentage3, noun parentage2, noun parentage1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
Parent, n. [L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. porei^n to give, beget: cf. F. parent. Cf. Part.].
- One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. [1913 Webster]"Children, obey your parents in the Lord." [1913 Webster]
- That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. [1913 Webster]"Regular industry is the parent of sobriety." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Parent, n. & v.
--n.
1 a person who has begotten or borne offspring; a father or mother.
2 a person who has adopted a child.
3 a forefather.
4 an animal or plant from which others are derived.
5 a source or origin.
6 an initiating organization or enterprise.
--v.tr. (also absol.) be a parent of.
--n.
1 a person who has begotten or borne offspring; a father or mother.
2 a person who has adopted a child.
3 a forefather.
4 an animal or plant from which others are derived.
5 a source or origin.
6 an initiating organization or enterprise.
--v.tr. (also absol.) be a parent of.
Idiom
parent company a company of which other companies are subsidiaries. parent-teacher association a local organization of parents and teachers for promoting closer relations and improving educational facilities at a school.
Derivative
parental adj. parentally adv. parenthood n.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. L parens parentis f. parere bring forth
THESAURUS
Parent
agent, ancestor, ancestorial, ancestral, ancestress, author, begetter, beginner, catalyst, causer, creator, effector, engenderer, father, fatherlike, fatherly, generator, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, grandparent, grandparental, guardian, inspirer, instigator, maker, mater, materfamilias, maternal, mother, motherlike, motherly, mover, origin, originator, parental, pater, paterfamilias, paternal, patriarchal, prime mover, primum mobile, procreator, producer, progenitor, progenitress, progenitrix, root, sire, source, stepfather, stepmotherROGET THESAURUS
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Paternity
N paternity, parentage, consanguinity, parent, father, sire, dad, papa, paterfamilias, abba, genitor, progenitor, procreator, ancestor, grandsire, grandfather, great- grandfather, fathership, fatherhood, mabap, house, stem, trunk, tree, stock, stirps, pedigree, lineage, line, family, tribe, sept, race, clan, genealogy, descent, extraction, birth, ancestry, forefathers, forbears, patriarchs, motherhood, maternity, mother, dam, mamma, materfamilias, grandmother, paternal, parental, maternal, family, ancestral, linear, patriarchal, avi numerantur avorum, happy he with such a mother, hombre bueno no le busquen abolengo, philosophia stemma non inspicit.
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