noun “parent”
sg. parent, pl. parents
- a person who has given birth to or raised a child
Mellen Iech un, fir d'Iwwersetzungen vun den Beispillsätz an d'monolingual Definitioune vun all Wuert ze gesinn.
Every morning, Sarah's parents take turns driving her to school.
- 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.
- 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”
parent, non-gradable
- relating to a main company that owns or controls other companies
The parent company owns several smaller businesses around the globe.
verb “parent”
parent; he parents; past parented, part. parented; ger. parenting
- to raise (a child)
They took parenting classes to learn how to parent their new baby effectively.