parent
part of speech
noun (parent, parents); verb (parent, parents, parented, parenting)
meaning for a pupil
1) A parent is a mother or a father. tree →
2) A parent is also any adult who brings up a child, like a step-parent or a foster parent. tree →
3) To parent is to bring up and look after a child. tree →
4) A parent animal or plant is one that has young. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The Third Path is called the parent of Faith, as if faith were its child. Kabbalists see the paths as steps in how the world was made. In the primary lessons: people counted at school events or in families; each child has 2 parents; in school: parents' evening, letters home to parents; in science: young animals and plants get features from their parents; in safety: tell your parents or a trusted adult where you are going; phrases: «parents and carers», «parents' evening», «single parent»
examples
- The Third Path is the Sanctifying Intelligence, and is the basis of foundation of Primordial Wisdom, which is called the Former of faith, and its roots, Amen; and it is the parent of Faith, from which virtues doth Faith emanate. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- 12 parents came to the school play. tree →
- Each child brought 1 parent to the trip. tree →
- Tickets cost 5 dollars for parents and 3 for children. tree →
- How many parents came if 20 children came with both parents? tree →
- Please give this letter to your parents. tree →
- Baby birds are fed by their parents. tree →
- Some children live with one parent. tree →
- Ask your parent or carer before you go online. tree →
- Kittens look like their parents. tree →
- Youth’s first duty is reverence to parents. tree →
note
A counted person; «both parents» means 2 for each child. Trap: brothers and sisters share the same parents, so count parents once per family. Families are different: one parent, two parents, step-parents, carers.
In the corpora
- When a parent seems frazzled after work, it is usually the workload, not anything the child did.
- While a parent is unemployed the family may claim benefits and cut spending; free fun like parks and libraries helps.
- Anyone offering free game coins for your login is a scammer trying to steal the account or a parent's card details.
- A parent sleeping on the sofa for a few nights may mean a disagreement, or something simple like snoring or a bad back.
- Separating means parents stop living together as a couple; it may lead to a divorce, but not always straight away.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «parent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.