parent

UK /ˈpɛəɹənt/ US /ˈpɛ(ə)ɹənt/

noun 5verb 2name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

proud

His proud parents watched from the audience as he received his diploma.

working

My sister struggles to find affordable childcare as a working parent with two young children.

PARENT + NOUN

company

The parent company decided to close three factories and move production overseas.

PHRASES

lone/one/single-parent family

Definitions

noun

A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).

After both her parents were killed in a forest fire, Sonia was adopted by her aunt and uncle.

my trust / Like a good parent, did beget of him / A falsehood in it's contrarie, as great / As my trust was, which had indeede no limit, / A confidence sans bound.

A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.

A surrogate parent.

A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.

A relative.

verb

To act as parent, to raise or rear.

However, even with money and caregivers, the child is left without a parent and most likely without a plan for their emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being. A time will come when you will no longer be able to parent your child, period.

To provide a parent object for one or more other objects, which become the children.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — look after a child until it is an adult

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

After both her parents were killed in a forest fire, Sonia was adopted by her aunt and uncle.

Wiktionary

my trust / Like a good parent, did beget of him / A falsehood in it's contrarie, as great / As my trust was, which had indeede no limit, / A confidence sans bound.

Wiktionary

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind […]

Wiktionary

However, even with money and caregivers, the child is left without a parent and most likely without a plan for their emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being. A time will come when you will

Wiktionary

"Let me ask you something, Dad," she began, in a tone of patiently controlled exasperation that every experienced parent is familiar with.

Tatoeba · #73925

A parent or teacher should bring home to children the pleasure of reading.

Tatoeba · #269721

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, parent is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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