transcription, транскрипция: [ sʌn ]
( sons)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Someone’s son is their male child.
He shared a pizza with his son Laurence...
Sam is the seven-year-old son of Eric Davies...
They have a son.
N-COUNT : oft with poss
2.
A man, especially a famous man, can be described as a son of the place he comes from. ( JOURNALISM )
...New Orleans’s most famous son, Louis Armstrong.
...sons of Africa.
N-COUNT : with poss
3.
Some people use son as a form of address when they are showing kindness or affection to a boy or a man who is younger than them. ( INFORMAL )
Don’t be frightened by failure, son.
N-VOC [ feelings ]