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What (who) is parent - definition

PROGENITOR OR CAREGIVER OF THE OFFSPRING IN THEIR OWN SPECIES, INVERSE LABEL FOR PROPERTY P40
Parents; Parental; Parental unit; Biological parent; Parentage; Human parent; Biological parenthood; Draft:Biological parentage; Biological parentage
  • The [[Brazilian imperial family]], 1857
  • Postpartum baby
  • Sinatra family 1949
  • Timothy L. Pesto and Kaitlyn E. Pesto play football as their father watches, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

parent         
n.
1) to obey one's parents
2) a loving; permissive; unfit parent
3) an adoptive; foster; natural; single parent; stepparent
parent         
n. the lawful and natural father or mother of a person. The word does not mean grandparent or ancestor, but can include an adoptive parent as a replacement for a natural parent. See also: adoption
parent         
(parents)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Your parents are your mother and father.
Children need their parents...
When you become a parent the things you once cared about seem to have less value.
N-COUNT: usu pl
2.
An organization's parent organization is the organization that created it and usually still controls it.
Each unit including the parent company has its own, local management.
ADJ: ADJ n

Wikipedia

Parent

A parent is a caregiver of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is the caretaker of a child (where "child" refers to offspring, not necessarily age). A biological parent is a person whose gamete resulted in a child, a male through the sperm, and a female through the ovum. Biological parents are first-degree relatives and have 50% genetic meet. A female can also become a parent through surrogacy. Some parents may be adoptive parents, who nurture and raise an offspring, but are not biologically related to the child. Orphans without adoptive parents can be raised by their grandparents or other family members.

A parent can also be elaborated as an ancestor removed one generation. With recent medical advances, it is possible to have more than two biological parents. Examples of third biological parents include instances involving surrogacy or a third person who has provided DNA samples during an assisted reproductive procedure that has altered the recipients' genetic material.

The most common types of parents are mothers, fathers, step-parents, and grandparents. A mother is, "a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth." The extent to which it is socially acceptable for a parent to be involved in their offspring's life varies from culture to culture, however one that exhibits too little involvement is sometimes said to exhibit child neglect, while one that is too involved is sometimes said to be overprotective, cosseting, nosey, or intrusive.

Pronunciation examples for parent
1. Parent, parent.
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2. parent.
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3. parent.
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4. parent.
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5. it's a parent-parent department.
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Examples of use of parent
1. She is parent clone without parent responsibilities.
2. That parent will be the articulate educated parent.
3. One of the criteria for establishing parental fitness should be how a parent allows the other parent to share responsibility.
4. Usually, the surviving parent "is incarcerated for such a long time that the parent cannot raise the children.
5. The percentage of single–parent households in Daytona Beach is higher than that of two–parent households.