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How to pronounce parents 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 parents

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Keating said she plans to survey parents about how the donation should be spent.
From the dailyherald.com
When my teachers request a conference with my parents, he almost never shows up.
From the stltoday.com
Many parents and students, however, will instead use existing education credits.
From the thenewstribune.com
I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes two parents.
From the washingtontimes.com
Joseph and Jane Clementi, parents of Tyler Clementi, filed the notice on Friday.
From the washingtontimes.com
Current and former students crowded in with parents and staff to share memories.
From the sacbee.com
His younger children don't pick up the nuances of what their parents are saying.
From the thenewstribune.com
Later I asked Bol if parents often told their children why they became refugees.
From the thenewstribune.com
No wonder this story of parents and children in explosive crisis won that Oscar.
From the orlandosentinel.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. ...