Definitions for Parent

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Parent par·ent

Spelling: [pair-uh nt, par-]

IPA: /ˈpɛər ənt, ˈpær-/

Parent is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in Parent (aenprt).

Definitions for Parent

noun

1. a father or a mother.
2. an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor.
3. a source, origin, or cause.
4. a protector or guardian.
5. Biology. any organism that produces or generates another.
6. Physics. the first nuclide in a radioactive series.

adjective

1. being the original source:
2. Biology. pertaining to an organism, cell, or complex molecular structure that generates or produces another:

verb (used with object)

1. to be or act as parent of:

Origin of Parent

1375-1425; late Middle English (Middle French) Latin parent- (stem of parēns), noun use of present participle of parere to bring forth, breed

Examples for Parent

But the yearning towards the parent country is too strong to be overcome.

Patty Hearst's parents are separated, and he broods about which parent the girl will go to before her marriage.

Not even after its parent company, the Soviet Union, took a dive in 1991.

Tinder and OkCupid are both owned by IAC, the parent company of The Daily Beast.

I am a childless man, yet here I am as the parent of all of them.

To be a parent is to be able to offer truly unconditional love.

It is the parent, the fosterer, the sole supporter of the slave-trade.

As between child and parent or nurse it is not argued about because it is inevitable.

He then mentioned his intention, as a gentleman and a parent, of writing to Mr Merdle.

At least one parent would have to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.