parent
/ˈpɛəɹənt/
A person who raises a child; A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children; A relative
- plural
- parents
Meanings
- 1
A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.)
Tom lives with his parents.
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How old are her parents?
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- 2
A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children
- 3
A relative
- 4
The source or origin of something
- 5
An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended
- 6
A surrogate parentrare
- 7
A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic materialrare
- 8
Sponsor, supporter, owner, protectorrare
- 9
Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.; A parent companyrare
- 10
The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another noderare