parent (EN)

noun, adjective, verb

noun “parent”

1. a person who has given birth to or raised a child
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   Every morning, Sarah's parents take turns driving her to school.
2. in computing, the original source from which a child or derived object is created
   In the website's structure, the homepage acts as a parent to all the subpages, linking them together in a hierarchical manner.
3. in physics, the original substance that transforms into another substance
   In a radioactive decay process, uranium-238 serves as the parent nuclide, eventually transforming into lead-206.

adjective “parent”

1. relating to a main company that owns or controls other companies
   The parent company owns several smaller businesses around the globe.

verb “parent”

1. to raise (a child)
   They took parenting classes to learn how to parent their new baby effectively.