mother
US /ˈmʌðɚ/
Definition
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Her mother founded the bakery more than thirty years ago.
Word Family
NounNoun
mother gốc
motherhood
motherliness
VerbVerb
mother gốc
AdjectiveAdj
motherly
AdverbAdv
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Synonyms
- female parenthaving a meaning similar to mother
- matriarcha female head of a family or tribe
Collocations
- Easy working motherto working mother, meaning to exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
- Medium mother tongue language proficiencyto mother tongue language proficiency, meaning to care for like a mother
- Hard mother company financial guaranteesto mother company financial guarantees, meaning to care for like a mother
- Very Hard necessity is the mother of inventiondescribing necessity is the mother of invention (the condition of being essential or indispensable)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.