parent
To act as parent, to raise or rearTo act as parent, to raise or rear.
» Your parents didn't come, did they?
Deine Eltern sind nicht gekommen, nicht wahr? — Dejo
Твои родители не пришли, не так ли? — Lenin_1917
Твои родители что, не пришли? — marafon
Ваши родители что, не пришли? — marafon
Твої ж батьки не приїхали? — aandrusiak
Ваші батьки ж не приїхали? — aandrusiak
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2 sensesTo act as parent, to raise or rear.
To provide a parent object for one or more other objects, which become the children.
- look after a child until it is an adult
Examples
5924 sentencesYour parents didn't come, did they?
Твої ж батьки не приїхали? — aandrusiak
ruТвои родители не пришли, не так ли? — Lenin_1917
deDeine Eltern sind nicht gekommen, nicht wahr? — Dejo
My parents live in the country.
Мої батькі живуть у селі. — deniko
ruМои родители живут за городом. — nina99nv
deMeine Eltern leben auf dem Land. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I introduced Mary to my parents.
Я представив Марі своїм батькам. — aandrusiak
ruЯ представил Мэри своим родителям. — sharptoothed
I'd like to call my parents.
Я хотів би зателефонувати батькам. — deniko
ruЯ хотел бы позвонить родителям. — Wadimiy
deIch würde gerne meine Eltern anrufen. — lilygilder
He introduced me to his parents.
Він представив мене батькам. — deniko
ruОн представил меня своим родителям. — Ooneykcall
deEr hat mich seinen Eltern vorgestellt. — Dejo
Origin
From Middle English parent, borrowed from Anglo-Norman parent, Middle French parent, fromFrom Middle English parent, borrowed from Anglo-Norman parent, Middle French parent, from Latin parentem, accusative of parēns (“parent”), present participle of pariō (“to breed, bring forth”).
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Forms
parents, parenting, parented, parentedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Family and people — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- my parents are
- with his parents
- of my parents
- with your parents
- my parents wouldn't
- to his parents
- parents got divorced
- with my parents
- are your parents
- parents wouldn't let
- his parents are
- parents died when
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.