PARENT

Parent

A parent is a caretaker of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is of a child . A biological parent consists of a person whose gamete resulted in a child, a male through his sperm, and a woman through her ovum. Parents are first-degree relatives and have 50% genetic overlap. A woman can also become a parent through surrogacy. However, some parents may not be biologically related to their children. An adoptive parent is one who nurtures and raises the offspring of the biological parents but is not actually biologically related to the child. Children without adoptive parents can be raised by their grandparents or other family members.

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parent

Noun

  1. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
    My twin sister says she loves our parents, but honestly, I dislike them.
  2. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
  3. A relative.
  4. The source or origin of something.
  5. An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
  6. A parent company.
  7. The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.

Verb

  1. To act as parent, to raise or rear.


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