single parent
21single parent — noun a person bringing up a child or children without a partner …
22single parent — noun (C) a mother or father who looks after their children on their own, without a partner …
23single parent mother — mother who raises her children alone without the help of the father …
24single-parent father — father who raises children without the mother …
25single parents — Single parent families are also known as ‘loneparent’ or ‘one parent’ families. There are about 1.5 million such families in the UK. Approximately one in five children live with one parent, of whom 9 percent are fathers. Just over four in ten… …
26Parent (disambiguation) — Parent may refer to:*Parenting, comprising all the tasks involved in raising a child to an independent adult. Types of parents include: **Foster parent, an adult guardian to whom one or more children have been legally entrusted **Godparent, in… …
27parent — n. 1) to obey one s parents 2) a loving; permissive; unfit parent 3) an adoptive; foster; natural; single parent; stepparent * * * [ pe(ə)rənt] foster natural permissive single parent stepparent unfit parent a loving an adoptive …
28parent — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ married, unmarried ▪ divorced ▪ lone (BrE), single ▪ single parent families ▪ …
29parent — [[t]pe͟ərənt[/t]] ♦ parents 1) N COUNT: usu pl Your parents are your mother and father. → See also foster parent, , single parent Children need their parents... This is where a lot of parents go wrong... When you become a parent the things you… …
30parent — par|ent W1S1 [ˈpeərənt US ˈper ] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of parere to give birth to ] 1.) the father or mother of a person or animal ▪ Children under fourteen should be accompanied by a parent. ▪ The… …
