PARENT


Meaning of PARENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ peərənt ]

( parents)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

Your parents are your mother and father.

Children need their parents...

When you become a parent the things you once cared about seem to have less value.

N-COUNT : usu pl

see also foster parent , one-parent family , single parent

2.

An organization’s parent organization is the organization that created it and usually still controls it.

Each unit including the parent company has its own, local management.

ADJ : ADJ n

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