SON


Meaning of SON in English

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 ]

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