parent
[noun]
Synonyms: father or mother, procreator, progenitor, sire

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

par‧ent S1 W1 /ˈpeərənt $ ˈper-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of parere 'to give birth to']

1. the father or mother of a person or animal:
Children under 14 should be accompanied by a parent.
The eggs are guarded by both parents.
Melissa’s spending the weekend at her parents’ house. ⇒ birth parent, ⇒ foster parents at foster²(3), ⇒ lone parent at lone(2), ⇒ one-parent family, single parent

2. something that produces other things of the same type:
New shoots appear near the parent plant.

3. a company which owns a smaller company or organization:
Land Rover’s new parent

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

parent
noun
ADJ. lone, single | unmarried | widowed | divorced | absent | substitute, surrogate | elderly | prospective, would-be | new | biological, birth, natural, real | adoptive, foster, step- | good | proud They have just become the proud parents of a baby girl.
caring, devoted, fond, loving | doting, indulgent | over-protective | stern, strict | domineering | bad, inadequate | abusive | angry, anxious, distressed, heartbroken | working The government has promised a better deal for working parents.
PARENT + NOUN company The subsidiary eventually outgrew its parent company and took it over.
PHRASES lone/one/single-parent family

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

parent

a single parent (also a lone parent British English) (=someone who has their children living with them, but no partner)
My mum is a single parent.
somebody's biological/natural parents
Most children are reared by their natural parents.
somebody's birth parents (=the ones who are biologically related to them)
Only half the children who are adopted wish to discover their birth parents.
somebody's real parents (=their biological parents)
I was thrilled to have found my real parents.
adoptive parents (=the people who take someone else's child into their home and legally become his or her parents)
Adoptive parents often have little practical preparation for parenthood.
a foster parent (=someone who has other people's children living with them)
Teresa was removed from her mother's care and placed with foster parents.

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