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US
/ˈpɛɹənt/
]
[ UK /pˈeəɹənt/ ]
[ UK /pˈeəɹənt/ ]
NOUN
- an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
- 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
VERB
-
look after a child until it is an adult
raise a family
bring up children
How To Use parent In A Sentence
- Fertilization therefore results in an egg carrying a nucleus with contributions from both parents, and it was concluded that the cell nucleus must contain the physical basis of heredity.
- I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference.
- One was apparently faulty and the other did not have a battery.
- His parents made a lot of sacrifices to make sure he got a good education.
- You submit to subterfuge, you replace your ordinary parents by a little less ordinary, but still quite ordinary folks, Katrien and the commissaris. Just a Corpse at Twilight
- Parents have to be a lot more careful about what their children are allowed to watch on the TV.
- Maybe your parents are right about waiting a few more years until you decide.
- Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
- This meant he could help another child whose parents needed a little extra for some necessity or other.
- We took the abused child away from its parents