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noun
1.
the rearing of children: The schedule allows her very little time for parenting.
2.
the methods, techniques, etc., used or required in the rearing of children: a course in parenting.
3.
the state of being a parent; parenthood.
adjective
4.
of or concerned with the rearing of children: good parenting skills.
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Parenting
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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noun
1.
a father or a mother.
2.
an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor.
3.
a source, origin, or cause.
4.
a protector or guardian.
5.
EXPANDBiology. any organism that produces or generates another.
6.
COLLAPSEPhysics. the first nuclide in a radioactive series.
adjective
7.
being the original source: a parent organization.
8.
Biology. pertaining to an organism, cell, or complex molecular structure that generates or produces another: parent cell; parent DNA.
verb (used with object)
9.
to be or act as parent of: to parent children with both love and discipline.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin parent- (stem of parēns), noun use of present participle of parere to bring forth, breed
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin parent- (stem of parēns), noun use of present participle of parere to bring forth, breed
Related forms
par·ent·less, adjective
par·ent·like, adjective
non·par·ent, noun
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