parent
noun/ˈperənt/
Слово англійською: parent
Переклад parent українською: батьки́, све́кор і свекру́ха, тесть і те́ща
Детальний опис
- [usually plural] a person’s father or mother
- He's still living with his parents.
- Sue and Ben have recently become parents.
- It can be difficult to be a good parent.
- her adoptive parents (= who have legally adopted her as their child)
- It's not easy being a foster parent (= who looks after a child for a period of time without legally adopting him/her) to these children.
- his biological/birth parents (= natural parents, not ones who adopt or foster)
- Emma is a lone parent with two children.
- More childcare options and more paid leave will improve the lives of working parents.
Wordfinder- adopt
- child
- family
- generation
- heir
- in-laws
- parent
- relation
- stepfamily
- surrogate mother
- (often used as an adjective) an animal or a plant which produces other animals or plants
- the parent bird/tree
- (often used as an adjective) an organization that produces and owns or controls smaller organizations of the same type
- a parent bank and its subsidiaries
- The subsidiary eventually outgrew its parent company and took it over.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin parent- ‘bringing forth’, from the verb parere. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.