parent
The definition of a parent is a mother or father.
(noun)An example of a parent is a plant that sprouts many other plants.
Parent is defined as to give life or raise children.
(verb)An example of parent is to bring up three children.
Parent means relating to a source or owner.
(adjective)An example of parent used as an adjective is in the phrase "parent company," which means a company that is in charge of other companies.
See parent in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a mother or father
- a progenitor or ancestor
- any animal, organism, or plant in relation to its offspring
- anything from which other things are derived; source; origin
Origin: OFr < L parens, parent, orig. prp. of parere, to beget: see -parous
adjective
- ☆ designating a corporation in relation to a subsidiary that it owns and controls
- designating anything in relation to something for which it is the source: other books based on this parent work
transitive verb, intransitive verb
Related Forms:
- parenthood noun
See parent in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- One who begets, gives birth to, or nurtures and raises a child; a father or mother.
- An ancestor; a progenitor.
- An organism that produces or generates offspring.
- A guardian; a protector.
- A parent company.
- A source or cause; an origin: Despair is the parent of rebellion.
- To act as a parent to; raise and nurture: “A genitor who does not parent the child is not its parent” (Ashley Montagu).
- To cause to come into existence; originate.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin parēns, parent-
Origin: , from past active participle of parere, to give birth; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- parˈent·hoodˌ noun
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