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      parent
      noun
      (often in the plural) A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
      (often in the plural) A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.
      A surrogate parent.
      The source or origin of something.
      (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
      (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
      A parent company.
      (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
      (physics) The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.
      A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
      A surname.
      (obsolete) A relative.
      verb
      To act as parent, to raise or rear.
      (programming) To provide a parent object for one or more other objects, which become the children.
      Roots
      pariopar- · Latin · bring forth, produce
      Synonyms for parent
      parentaladjgrandparentnpaternaladjfatherlyadjmaternaladjmotherlyadvpaterfamiliasnbegettern
      Words related to parent
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