parent
US /ˈpɛrənt/
Definition
a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Each parent must sign the permission form before the school trip.
Word Family
NounNoun
parent gốc
parentage
parenthood
VerbVerb
parent gốc
AdjectiveAdj
parental
AdverbAdv
parentally
Synonyms
- guardiana person who cares for persons or property
Collocations
- Easy proud parent of a graduatedescribing proud parent of a graduate (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)
- Medium parent company headquartersto parent company headquarters, meaning to bring up
- Hard parent organization fiscal oversightto parent organization fiscal oversight, meaning to bring up
- Very Hard parent company shielding subsidiariesto parent company shielding subsidiaries, meaning to bring up
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