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How to pronounce parent in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bring up, nurture, raise, rear
Has types fledge, cradle, foster
Derivation parentage
Type Words
Type of genitor
Has types adoptive parent, begetter, empty nester, adopter, father, female parent, filicide, male parent, mother, stepparent
Derivation parental, parenthood
Type Words
Type of being, organism

Examples of parent

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Thanks to Valerius parent Diana Chalfant-Drury for coordinating this fundraiser.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Let your parent know how strongly you feel about wanting to go away by yourself.
From the sacbee.com
Oralia Velasquez, a parent-plaintiff in the lawsuit, said she felt disrespected.
From the timesunion.com
Currently, Retail Ventures is the parent company and largest shareholder of DSW.
From the dispatch.com
She says the hardest thing for the parent is to let the child make the mistakes.
From the foxbusiness.com
That population could have interbred with one or both of its parent populations.
From the foxnews.com
In this exchange, Kopelman switches roles, becoming more parent than prosecutor.
From the businessweek.com
He said he himself was acting as a bully and no parent should copy his behavior.
From the suntimes.com
As part of the school's wellness effort, Magryta also will host parent lectures.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • 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
  • Rear: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
  • An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
  • (parental) designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
  • (parental) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance"
  • (parented) having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates
  • A parent is a caretaker 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 consists of a person whose gamete resulted in a child, a male through the sperm, and a female through the ovum. Parents are first-degree relatives and have 50% genetic meet...
  • Parent railway station is a staffed VIA Rail station located on Rue Commerciale in the Parent community of La Tuque, Quebec, Canada.
  • (Parents (film)) Parents is a 1989 horror film directed by Bob Balaban. The film is about a disturbed young boy living in 1950s Massachusetts suburbia who suspects his parents of cannibalism. The film starred Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, and Bryan Madorsky. ...