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How to pronounce mother in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, sire
Type of create, make
Type Words
Synonyms female parent
Type of parent
Has types mommy, mother-in-law, mum, para i, mummy, ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mater, mom, momma, primipara, puerpera, quadripara, quintipara, supermom, surrogate mother
Derivation motherly, motherhood


the mother of three children.
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Synonyms fuss, overprotect
Type of give care, care
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Type of inspiration


necessity is the mother of invention.
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Type of barm, yeast
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Type of mother superior, prioress, abbess
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Type of old woman

Examples of mother

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Their mother, Marcela, had broken bones in her face and was knocked unconscious.
From the dailyherald.com
West coach Melanie Korte resigned last month because she is an expectant mother.
From the stltoday.com
Kinney's Southern-born mother used to make syllabub, a variation that uses wine.
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Under terms of the settlement, Mills and his mother will have visitation rights.
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Mongar's daughter, Yashoda Gurung, had accompanied her mother inside the clinic.
From the thenewstribune.com
Nadine's mother tended to his arm and leg sores from the brine burning his skin.
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I will definitely order a canister for my mother for Valentines Day and my self.
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One day his mother asked him to go to the local market to sell eggs and peanuts.
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Schulz was trying out for his mother, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
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More examples
  • A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
  • Care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"
  • A stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
  • Beget: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
  • A term of address for an elderly woman
  • A condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation; "necessity is the mother of invention"
  • Mother (Russian: u041Cu0430u0442u044C, Mat) is a 1926 Soviet film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin depicting one woman's struggle against Tsarist rule during the Russian Revolution of 1905. The film is based on the 1906 novel The Mother by Maxim Gorky. It is the first film in Pudovkin's "revolutionary trilogy", alongside The End of St. Petersburg (1927) and Storm Over Asia (aka The Heir to Genghis Khan) (1928).
  • Mother (or ; aka Woman Requiem) is a 1985 South Korean film directed by Park Chul-soo. It won several awards at the Grand Bell Awards, including Best Film.
  • Mother (Russian: u041Cu0430u0442u044C, translit.u00A0Mat, also known as Zapreshchyonnye lyudi) is a 1990 Soviet drama film based on Maxim Gorky's 1906 novel The Mother, directed by Gleb Panfilov and co-produced with Italy. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.