A parent is a mother or father. They care for their children. This is the most common meaning.
My parent loves me a lot.
Parents take care of children well.
In science, a parent is an organism or cell that gives genes to children. This is a technical meaning in genetics.
The parent genes determine traits.
A parent cell divides to form new cells.
Parent can mean something that creates or leads to another thing. For example, a company that controls smaller companies.
This idea is the parent of many others.
The parent company owns several shops.
In business, a parent is a big company that controls other smaller companies. These smaller companies are called subsidiaries.
The parent owns many small companies.
Subsidiaries report to the parent company.
In computer science, a parent is a part of a data structure that has one or more child parts connected to it. For example, in a tree or HTML code.
The parent node has two child nodes.
Click the parent element to expand it.
To parent means to take care of and raise children. It is a verb used when talking about the action parents do.
They parent their children with love.
She parents the kids every day.
