ALL meanings of parent
par·ent
P p - noun parent a father or a mother. 1
- noun parent an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor. 1
- noun parent a source, origin, or cause. 1
- noun parent a protector or guardian. 1
- noun parent Biology. any organism that produces or generates another. 1
- noun parent Physics. the first nuclide in a radioactive series. 1
- adjective parent being the original source: a parent organization. 1
- adjective parent Biology. pertaining to an organism, cell, or complex molecular structure that generates or produces another: parent cell; parent DNA. 1
- verb with object parent to be or act as parent of: to parent children with both love and discipline. 1
- noun Definition of parent in Technology (mathematics, data) The ancestor node in a tree that points to the current node (one of its child nodes). 1
- noun parent mother or father 1
- noun parent controlling, owning 1
- transitive verb parent raise 1
- noun parent living source 1
- noun parent relating to living source 1
- countable noun parent Your parents are your mother and father. 0
- adjective parent An organization's parent organization is the organization that created it and usually still controls it. 0
- adjective parent The parent animal, plant, or organism of a particular animal, plant or organism is the one that it comes from or is produced by. 0
- noun parent a father or mother 0
- noun parent a person acting as a father or mother; guardian 0
- noun parent an ancestor 0
- noun parent a source or cause 0
- noun parent an organism or organization that has produced one or more organisms or organizations similar to itself 0
- noun parent (as modifier) 0
- noun parent a precursor, such as a nucleus or compound, of a derived entity 0
- noun parent a mother or father 0
- noun parent a progenitor or ancestor 0
- noun parent any animal, organism, or plant in relation to its offspring 0
- noun parent anything from which other things are derived; source; origin 0
- adjective parent designating a corporation in relation to a subsidiary that it owns and controls 0
- adjective parent designating anything in relation to something for which it is the source 0
- verb transitive parent to be or act as the parent (of) 0