parent
♦♦♦ par|ent /p'eərənt/ (parents)
1 [N-COUNT] usu pl
Your parents are your mother and father.
Children need their parents...
When you become a parent the things you once cared about seem to have less value.
see also foster parent, one-parent family,
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
An organization's parent organization is the organization that created it and usually still controls it.
Each unit including the parent company has its own, local management.sin|gle par|ent (single parents)
[N-COUNT] oft N n
A single parent is someone who is bringing up a child on their own, because the other parent is not living with them.
I was bringing up my three children as a single parent.
...a single-parent household.
1 [N-COUNT] usu pl
Your parents are your mother and father.
Children need their parents...
When you become a parent the things you once cared about seem to have less value.
see also foster parent, one-parent family,
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
An organization's parent organization is the organization that created it and usually still controls it.
Each unit including the parent company has its own, local management.sin|gle par|ent (single parents)
[N-COUNT] oft N n
A single parent is someone who is bringing up a child on their own, because the other parent is not living with them.
I was bringing up my three children as a single parent.
...a single-parent household.