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- pronunciation:
- per
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- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a mother or a father.
- similar words:
- father
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| definition 2: |
an ancestor; progenitor; forefather.
- similar words:
- progenitor
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| definition 3: |
a guardian; protector.
- similar words:
- father
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| related words: |
ancestor, father, guardian, mother |
adjective + (n.)parent
absent,
abusive,
adolescent,
adoptive,
aged,
aging,
alcoholic,
authoritarian,
authoritative,
biological,
custodial,
divorced,
elderly,
foster,
grieving,
immigrant,
loving,
marital,
middle-class,
parental,
preschool,
prospective,
single,
supportive,
teenage,
would-be
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verb + (n.)parent
communicate, educate, enroll, inherit, notify, reassure, reunite
(n.)parent
+ verb
divorce
noun + (n.)parent
administrator,
adolescent,
alumnus,
attachment,
birth,
boomer,
caregiver,
consent,
counselor,
custody,
divorce,
educator,
grandchild,
grandparent,
guardian,
infant,
kid,
offspring,
parenting,
peer,
permission,
sibling,
spouse,
stepparent,
surrogate,
teen,
teenager,
toddler,
tuition,
voucher,
youngster
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
being the originating or administrative source.
a parent company |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
parents, parenting, parented |
| definition 1: |
to bear or rear (children).
- similar words:
- father
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| definition 2: |
to act as a parent to.
- similar words:
- father
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| related words: |
adopt, mother, rear |
(v.)parent
+ noun
adult,
affiliation,
aspect,
behavior,
challenge,
child,
class,
correspondent,
daughter,
difficulty,
down,
generation,
girl,
influence,
key,
partner,
pregnancy,
preservation,
preteen,
resource,
responsibility,
son,
stress,
style,
trauma
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| derivation: |
parenthood (n.) |
The word parent
contains the following parts:
par2
Latin
root
that means to bear, give birth to
  Example words:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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