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How to pronounce parent
Say it like this: /ˈpɛəɹənt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does parent mean?
nounA person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
“After both her parents were killed in a forest fire, Sonia was adopted by her aunt and uncle.”
A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.
A surrogate parent.
verbTo act as parent, to raise or rear.
“Millennials parent really hard. My kids do way more activities, and the schools have way more going on than when I was a kid.”
To provide a parent object for one or more other objects, which become the children.
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