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parent
6 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural parents
plural parents
Learner's definition of PARENT
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1
a : a person who is a father or mother : a person who has a child父亲；母亲 — compare grandparent, stepparent
- My parents live in New York.我的父母住在纽约。
- They recently became parents. = They're new parents.他们最近才为人父母。
- The form must be signed by a parent or guardian of the child.表格必须由孩子的父母之一或监护人签名。
- A few of us are single parents. [=parents who live with a child or children and no husband, wife, or partner]我们中有几个是单身父母。
- my adoptive parents [=the people who adopted me]我的养父母
- The organization helps people who were adopted find their birth/biological parents. [=their natural parents]这个组织帮那些被收养的人寻找亲生父母。
- They'd like to become foster parents. [=people who volunteer to care for a child who is not their biological child]他们想做养父母。
b : an animal or plant that produces a young animal or plant（动植物的）亲代，亲本，母体
- The parent brings food to the chicks.母鸡啄食给小鸡。
- the parent bird亲代鸟
- The new plant will have characteristics of both parent plants.新植株将兼有雌雄两亲本的特征。
2
a : something out of which another thing has developed母体；本体 — usually used before another noun通常用于另一名词前
- Latin is the parent language of several languages, including Italian, Spanish, and French.拉丁语是意大利语、西班牙语和法语等几种语言的母体语言。
b : a company or organization that owns and controls a smaller company or organization母公司；总公司 — often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
- the hospital's corporate parent = the corporate parent of the hospital这家医院的母公司
- a parent bank/company/corporation/firm总行；总公司/公司/公司
parented; parenting; parents
: to be or act as a parent
Example Sentences
Noun My parents live in New York. The form must be signed by a parent or guardian of the child. The parent brings food to the chicks. The new plant will have characteristics of both parent plants.
Recent Examples on the Web
Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 UnitedHealth, the parent of the nation’s largest insurer, agreed in January 2021 to buy Change Healthcare for nearly $8 billion and assume another $5 billion in debt. Erin Mulvaney, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Nikki Rivera, a parent of two BPS students, is also concerned about the new COVID policies. Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 That policy goes further than what Twitter and Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, have announced for the midterms. Brian Fung, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 Comcast, parent of NBCU, agreed to sell its 67% stake in NBC Sports Washington to Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which currently owns the remaining 33% of the entity. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Aug. 2022 Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, has forecasted that this year’s losses due to Apple’s actions could approach $10 billion. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2022 Jennifer Hinostroza, a parent of a child with autism in the Los Angeles area, described a similar experience. Tara Bannow, STAT, 15 Aug. 2022 Health Care Service Corporation, the parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans in five states, is buying Trustmark Health Benefits, an administrator and designer of employer health benefits, for an undisclosed amount. Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 Holly Mullen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 Federline and Spears co-parent their boys, which the former backup dancer admitted can be complicated. Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022 And some folks parent almost entirely on their own. Rebecca Joy Stanborough, SELF, 18 July 2022 But the perks are available only to married couples, a prerequisite that is increasingly unappealing to women who would prefer to parent alone. New York Times, 17 July 2022 Marta, a single mother, works at a mine, selling products and food, leaving Resistencia, 9, to parent Esperanza (7) and Mía, 5. John Hopewell, Variety, 1 Aug. 2022 One of the most rewarding elements of life is to parent a child. Tracy Brower, Forbes, 10 July 2022 For those who parent with a partner, navigating this country becomes part and parcel of the relationship, too. Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022 She and Affleck had been separated since 2015, and continued to co-parent their three children, Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, 10. Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 15 May 2022 See More
Noun
If a manager can't help, then contact the hotel chain or parent company in writing. Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 UnitedHealth, the parent of the nation’s largest insurer, agreed in January 2021 to buy Change Healthcare for nearly $8 billion and assume another $5 billion in debt. Erin Mulvaney, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Nikki Rivera, a parent of two BPS students, is also concerned about the new COVID policies. Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 That policy goes further than what Twitter and Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, have announced for the midterms. Brian Fung, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 Comcast, parent of NBCU, agreed to sell its 67% stake in NBC Sports Washington to Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which currently owns the remaining 33% of the entity. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Aug. 2022 Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, has forecasted that this year’s losses due to Apple’s actions could approach $10 billion. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2022 Jennifer Hinostroza, a parent of a child with autism in the Los Angeles area, described a similar experience. Tara Bannow, STAT, 15 Aug. 2022 Health Care Service Corporation, the parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans in five states, is buying Trustmark Health Benefits, an administrator and designer of employer health benefits, for an undisclosed amount. Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 Verb
The sponsors expect and will encourage a wide spectrum of views on women’s health, reproductive freedom, parenthood (or not to parent) and gender. Holly Mullen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 Federline and Spears co-parent their boys, which the former backup dancer admitted can be complicated. Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022 And some folks parent almost entirely on their own. Rebecca Joy Stanborough, SELF, 18 July 2022 But the perks are available only to married couples, a prerequisite that is increasingly unappealing to women who would prefer to parent alone. New York Times, 17 July 2022 Marta, a single mother, works at a mine, selling products and food, leaving Resistencia, 9, to parent Esperanza (7) and Mía, 5. John Hopewell, Variety, 1 Aug. 2022 One of the most rewarding elements of life is to parent a child. Tracy Brower, Forbes, 10 July 2022 For those who parent with a partner, navigating this country becomes part and parcel of the relationship, too. Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022 She and Affleck had been separated since 2015, and continued to co-parent their three children, Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, 10. Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 15 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin parent-, parens "father or mother, progenitor, ancestor," probably from an aorist participle of parere "to give birth to, bring into being, produce" — more at parturient entry 1
Verb
derivative of parent entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1663, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Time Traveler
The first known use of parent was in the 15th century Phrases Containing parent
noun
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