parentnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpeə.rənt/us/ˈper.ənt/parent noun [ C ] (MOTHER/FATHER)
A1 a mother or father of a person or an animal:
I'm going to meet Richard's parents for the first time this weekend.
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- One of the joys of being a parent is watching the child's character develop.
- As a parent you try to create a stable home environment for your children to grow up in.
- Children need lots of encouragement from their parents.
- My parents were rather annoyed that I hadn't told them about the accident.
- He finds it extremely difficult being a single parent.
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Parents & children
- babyhood
- bastard
- child abuse
- child-friendly
- conjoined twins
- identical twin
- illegitimate
- latchkey kid
- legitimate
- love child
- motherhood
- motherless
- patter
- quad
- quadruplet
- quintuplet
- sextuplet
- Siamese twins
- twin
- without issue idiom
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parent noun [ C ] (COMPANY)
also parent company a company that owns one or more other companies:
The subsidiary has issued shares that are guaranteed by its parent.
The parent company is expected to spend $50 million in advertising this year.
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Mergers & acquisitions
- absorb
- acquisitive
- amalgamation
- buy into sth
- buy sb out
- buyout
- hive
- hive sth off
- leverage
- merger
- monopolize
- monopoly
- oligopoly
- spin
- subsidiary
- suitor
- syndicate
- take (sth) over
- takeover
- white knight
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