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CEFRA1

/ˈpɛəɹənt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person's mother or father.

  2. 02

    verb

    To raise and care for a child.

Examples

  • A parent or teacher should bring home to children the pleasure of reading.

  • I can almost see my parent's happy face in my mind's eye.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpæː.renʈ/
  • /ˈpeː.reɳʈ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A surrogate parent.

  2. A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).

  3. A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.

More examples

In context

  • The written consent of a parent is required.

  • After both her parents were killed in a forest fire, Sonia was adopted by her aunt and uncle.

  • my trust / Like a good parent, did beget of him / A falsehood in it's contrarie, as great / As my trust was, which had indeede no limit, / A confidence sans bound.

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Quick test

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A good blank spends quality time with their children every day.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English parent, borrowed from Anglo-Norman parent, Middle French parent, from Latin parentem, accusative of parēns (“parent”), present participle of pariō (“to breed, bring forth”).