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{
"term": "parent",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person’s father or mother",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's still living with his parents."
},
{
"text": "Sue and Ben have recently become parents."
},
{
"text": "It can be difficult to be a good parent."
},
{
"text": "her **adoptive parents** *(= who have legally adopted her as their child)*"
},
{
"text": "It's not easy being a **foster parent** *(= who looks after a child for a period of time without legally adopting him/her)* to these children."
},
{
"text": "his **biological/birth parents** *(= natural parents, not ones who adopt or foster)*"
},
{
"text": "Emma is a **lone parent** with two children."
},
{
"text": "More childcare options and more paid leave will improve the lives of **working parents**."
},
{
"text": "The study showed that children with involved parents do better at school."
},
{
"text": "They have just become the proud parents of a baby girl."
},
{
"text": "They may not be my biological parents but I consider them my real mum and dad."
},
{
"text": "Concerned parents want more information about the safety of these products."
},
{
"text": "More and more women are caring for both young children and elderly parents."
},
{
"text": "He was born in Montana to Greek immigrant parents."
},
{
"text": "They are all the children of divorced parents."
},
{
"text": "My parents' generation didn't worry about sitting their kids in front of the TV."
},
{
"text": "She spends every Christmas at her parents' house."
},
{
"text": "It's important for parents and teachers to work together."
}
],
"topics": ["Life stages", "Family and relationships"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["married", "unmarried", "divorced"],
"parent + noun": ["company"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an animal or a plant which produces other animals or plants",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the parent bird/tree"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an organization that produces and owns or controls smaller organizations of the same type",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a parent bank and its subsidiaries"
},
{
"text": "The subsidiary eventually outgrew its parent company and took it over."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpeərənt/",
"audio": "pa/parent/parent__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈperənt/",
"audio": "pa/parent/parent__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin parent- ‘bringing forth’, from the verb parere. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent."
}