parent
noun
a father or a mother.
parents
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pluralof parent.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“I didn’t know your parents would be here,” he says, assuring everyone that it’s “just kind of like a joke.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Like many immigrant communities, such as Irish and Italians in the early 20th century, the second generation is doing much better economically than their parents.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
They were attended by young and old, parents with children and sometimes their grandparents.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Students cheered as they stacked rubbish bins against the entrance to a school outside Paris, while a speaker thumped out French rap to young people, teachers and parents mingling in the early morning drizzle.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
She could just stay in the house—her parents are gone on a weekend getaway to Kansas City and they’d never know—but the rules have been drilled into her since childhood.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
