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  • 1mother — ► NOUN 1) a female parent. 2) (Mother) (especially as a title or form of address) the head of a female religious community. 3) informal an extreme or very large example of: the mother of all traffic jams. ► VERB ▪ look after kindly and… …

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  • 2parent — 1. noun you ll need the signed consent of a parent Syn: mother, father, birth/biological parent, progenitor; adoptive parent, foster parent, step parent, guardian; literary begetter 2. verb those who parent young children Syn: raise, bring up,… …

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  • 3mother*/*/*/ — [ˈmʌðə] noun [C] I your female parent My mother and father live in Rome.[/ex] II verb [T] mother [ˈmʌðə] to give someone a lot of care and protection …

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  • 4parent — par·ent n 1 a: a person who begets or brings forth offspring; esp: the natural parents of a child born of their marriage ◇ The biological father of an illegitimate child is usu. not considered the child s parent absent a judicial determination of …

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  • 5parent — noun 1》 a father or mother.     ↘an animal or plant from which younger ones are derived. 2》 an organization or company which owns or controls a number of subsidiaries. 3》 archaic a forefather or ancestor. verb [often as noun parenting] be or act… …

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  • 6parent — noun (C) 1 the father or mother of a person or animal: I don t really get on with my boyfriend s parents. | a parent substitute, such as an aunt 2 something that produces other things of the same type: Shares in Mercury parent Cable and Wireless… …

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  • 7parent — ► NOUN 1) a father or mother. 2) an animal or plant from which younger ones are derived. 3) an organization or company which owns or controls a number of subsidiaries. 4) archaic a forefather or ancestor. ► VERB ▪ be or act as a parent to.… …

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  • 8mother-in-law — noun the mother of your spouse • Hypernyms: ↑mother, ↑female parent, ↑in law, ↑relative in law • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Naomi, ↑Noemi …

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  • 9parent-in-law — noun A mother in law or father in law …

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  • 10mother — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. parent, mama; abbess, prioress; matron, matriarch. See ancestry, clergy, female. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A female parent] Syn. parent, ancestress, matriarch, mamma, dam, materfamilias, mater, mama*,… …

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