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- [pair-uh nt, par-]
- /ˈpɛər ənt, ˈpær-/
- /ˈpeərənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pair-uh nt, par-]
- /ˈpɛər ənt, ˈpær-/
Definitions of parent word
- noun parent a father or a mother. 1
- noun parent an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor. 1
- noun parent a source, origin, or cause. 1
- noun parent a protector or guardian. 1
- noun parent Biology. any organism that produces or generates another. 1
- noun parent Physics. the first nuclide in a radioactive series. 1
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Origin of parent
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin parent- (stem of parēns), noun use of present participle of parere to bring forth, breed
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Parent
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
parent popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
parent usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for parent
noun parent
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- ascendant — proceeding upwards; rising
- ascendent — a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- begetter — The begetter of something has caused this thing to come into existence.
verb parent
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- bring forth — to give birth to
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- dash off — If you dash off to a place, you go there very quickly.
Antonyms for parent
noun parent
- aftereffect — The aftereffects of an event, experience, or substance are the conditions which result from it.
- begats — (nonstandard) plural of begat.
- byproduct — A byproduct is something that is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
- child — A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
- corn — Corn is used to refer to crops such as wheat and barley. It can also be used to refer to the seeds from these plants.
Top questions with parent
- how to become a foster parent?
- who is your godly parent?
- what is a parent plus loan?
- how to be a foster parent?
- what is a parent function?
- what is parent teacher association?
- what is a helicopter parent?
- how to be a good parent?
- how to find out if deceased parent had life insurance?
- how to get paid for taking care of elderly parent?
- how to find birth parent?
- what is a parent rock?
See also
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