SON


Meaning of SON in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ baby , newborn

▪ infant , little , small , young

▪ teenage

▪ adult ( esp. AmE ), grown-up

▪ only

▪ eldest , first-born , middle , oldest , youngest

▪ elder , younger

▪ six-month-old , two-year-old , etc.

▪ legitimate

▪ bastard ( old-fashioned ), illegitimate

an illegitimate ~ of Louis XV

▪ adopted

▪ dutiful , good

▪ beloved

▪ fine , strong

The queen bore him four fine ~s.

▪ long-lost , prodigal

They welcomed me like a long-lost ~.

▪ dead

▪ unborn

his wife and unborn ~

▪ surviving

▪ native ( esp. AmE )

a native ~ of Philadelphia

VERB + SON

▪ have

They have three young ~s.

▪ bear ( formal ), give birth to

His wife bore him three ~s.

▪ bring up , raise ( esp. AmE )

Trying to bring up a young ~ is no easy task.

a single parent raising her ~ alone

SON + VERB

▪ grow up

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