noun
parent
PEH-uh-ruhnt
noun
1
A person who raises, cares for, or has legal responsibility for a child.
"Both parents attended the school play."
"As a single parent, she juggled work and childcare alone."
2
The source or origin from which something else derives.
"The parent company owns several smaller brands."
verb
1
To raise and care for a child.
"They chose to parent their children with a lot of patience and structure."
How to Use Parent
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA mother or father who raises a child, or more broadly, the source that something else comes from.
Common pairings
single parent
parent company
expectant parent
Word Forms
parented past tense, parents plural, parents singular
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Etymology
From Latin parens, "one who brings forth," the present participle of parere ("to give birth to, produce").