Parent Living Adoptive Noun Bre ˈpeərənt ˈperənt Sue

• he's still living with his parents.
• her adoptive parents
• sue and ben have recently become parents.
• it can be difficult to be a good parent.

parent

1. a person’s father or mother
• see also co-parent
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• He's still living with his parents.
• her adoptive parents
• Sue and Ben have recently become parents.
• It can be difficult to be a good parent.
2. an animal or a plant which produces other animals or plants
• the parent bird/tree
3. an organization that produces and owns or controls smaller organizations of the same type
• a parent bank and its subsidiaries
• the parent company

Extra Examples

• The study showed that children with involved parents do better at school.
• The subsidiary eventually outgrew its parent company and took it over.
• They have just become the proud parents of a baby girl.
• single-parent families
• the identities of the adoptive parents
• He’s still living with his parents.
• We are looking for volunteers to act as foster parents.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin parent- ‘bringing forth’, from the verb parere. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.