parent

6 definitions • 8 examples

a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a parent does:

I'm going to meet Richard's parents for the first time this weekend.

Colorado is currently experiencing a shortage of foster parents.

a company that owns one or more other companies:

The subsidiary has issued shares that are guaranteed by its parent.

The parent company is expected to spend $50 million in advertising this year.

to raise a child as their parent:

I think he was parented very well.

Graham has parented about 65 foster children and adopted 11 of them.

A lot of adoptive families are second-time-around families, people who've parented before and realize they can do it.

a person who gives birth to or raises a child:

His parents live in New York.

A parent is also any animal or plant that produces another.

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