Parent Meaning
/ˈpɛəɹənt/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
nounA person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.
Sentence 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.
The written consent of a parent is required.
CEFR Practice Quiz
A good ____ spends quality time with their children every day.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Every ____ wants the best possible education and opportunities for their child.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
"And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind […]"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 9:19–20:
"The NHS is naturally pro-immunisation, reassuring parents that their babies can easily cope with these jabs."
— 2005 August 24, Siobhan O'Neill, The Guardian:
"It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries."
— 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2021, page 19:
"Misery is often the parent of the most affecting touches in poetry."
— 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A good ____ spends quality time with their children every day.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Every ____ wants the best possible education and opportunities for their child.